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Title: Love--Marriage--Birth Control
Being a Speech delivered at the Church Congress at
Birmingham, October, 1921

Author: Bertrand Dawson

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Language: English

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LOVE--MARRIAGE--
BIRTH CONTROL

Being a Speech delivered at the Church
Congress at Birmingham, October, 1921:

WITH A FOREWORD

BY
LORD DAWSON OF PENN

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London
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_First Published January, 1922_
_Reprinted January, 1922_
_Reprinted February, 1922_
_Reprinted April, 1922_

_All rights reserved_

FOREWORD

At the Church Congress held this autumn at Birmingham I was honoured by
an invitation to speak on "Sexual Relationships."

The subject-matter of that speech has aroused widespread interest and
some controversy. It is being published in response to numerous requests
and because most of the reports, being of necessity condensed,
inadequately and even in some instances incorrectly set forth the views
I endeavoured to champion; for any speech on a subject so difficult to
handle needs to be read in its entirety if misapprehensions are to be
avoided.

And first, may I thank numerous correspondents; and those in
disagreement equally with those in agreement with me. One and all they
bear testimony, if indeed such were needed, to how widespread and
responsible is the interest on this question, and therefore to the
wisdom of i