510 PLAIN FACTS FOR OLD AND YOUNG 



1. The fact that in all annuals but the human species 

 the act can be performed only when reproduction is 

 possible, proves that in the animal kingdom in general 

 the sole object of the function is reproduction. 

 Wliether man is an exception, must be determined from 

 other considerations. 



2. The fact that the males of other animals besides 

 man, in which the sexual organs are in a state of con- 

 stant development, do not exercise those organs except 

 for the purpose of reproduction, is proof of the posi 

 tion that the constant development in man is not a war- 

 rant for their constant use. 



3. The general law that the reproductive act is 

 performed only when desired by the female, is sufficient 

 ground for supposing that such should be the case with 

 the human species also. 



Some Valuable Opinions, — The opinions of sev- 

 eral writers of note are given in the following quota- 

 tions : 



"The approach of the sexes is, in its purest con- 

 dition, the result of a natural instinct, the end of which 

 is the reproduction of the species. Still, however, we 

 are far from saying that this ultimate result is, in any 

 proportion of cases, the actual thought in the minds 

 of the parties engaged." 



''The very lively solicitations which spring from 

 the genital sense, have no other end than to insure the 

 perpetuity of the race. ' ' * 



''Observation fully confirms the views of inductive 

 philosophy; for it proves to us that coitus, exercised 

 otherwise than under the inspirations of honest instinct, 

 is a cause of disease in both sexes, and of danger to the 

 social order. ' ' t 



"It is incredible that the act of bringing men into 



* Dr. Gardner. t Mayer. 



