ualleben
unserer Zeit_, 1908) takes a similar standpoint. He advocates
abstention during early life and temporary abstention in adult
life, such abstention being valuable, not only for the
conservation and transformation of energy, but also to emphasize
the fact that life contains other matters to strive for beyond
the ends of sex. Redlich (_Medizinische Klinik_, 1908, No. 7)
also, in a careful study of the medical aspects of the question,
takes an intermediate standpoint in relation to the relative
advantages and disadvantages of sexual abstinence. "We may say
that sexual abstinence is not a condition which must, under all
circumstances and at any price, be avoided, though it is true
that for the majority of healthy adult persons regular sexual
intercourse is advantageous, and sometimes is even to be
recommended."

It may be added that from the standpoint of Christian religious
morality this same attitude, between the extremes of either
party, recognizing the advantages of sexual abstinence, but not
insisting that they shall be purchased at any price, has also
found representation. Thus, in England, an Anglican clergyman,
the Rev. H. Northcote (_Christianity and Sex Problems_, pp. 58,
60) deals temperately and sympathetically with the difficulties
of sexual abstinence, and is by no means convinced that such
abstinence is always an unmixed advantage; while in Germany a
Catholic priest, Karl Jentsch (_Sexualethik, Sexualjustiz,
Sexualpolizei_, 1900) sets himself to oppose the rigorous and
unqualified assertions of Ribbing in favor of sexual abstinence.
Jentsch thus expresses what he conceives ought to be the attitude
of fathers, of public opinion, of the State and the Church
towards the young man in this matter: "Endeavor to be abstinent
until marriage. Many succeed in this. If you can succeed, it is
good. But, if you cannot succeed, it is unnecessary to cast
reproaches on yourself and to regard yourself as a scoundrel or a
lost sinner. Provided that you do not abandon yourself to mere
enjoyment or wantonness, but are content with what is necessary
to restore your peace of mind, self-possession, and cheerful
capacity for work, and also that you observe the precautions
which physicians or experienced friends impress upon you."

When we thus analyze and investigate the the t