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He has only to practice the principles laid down for 

 the maintenance of continence to entirely remove any 

 such necessity, should there be the slightest semblance 

 of a real demand. Again, what many mistake for an 

 indication of the necessity for indulgence, to relieve 

 an accumulation of semen, is in fact, to state the exact 

 truth, but a call of nature for a movement of the bow- 

 els. How this may occur has already been explained, 

 as being due to the pressure of the distended rectum 

 upon the internal organs of generation situated at the 

 base of the bladder. It is for this reason, chiefly, that 

 a good share of sexual excesses occur in the morning. 



But, aside from all other considerations, is it not 

 the most supreme selfishness for a man to consider 

 only himself in his sexual relations, making his wife 

 wholly subservient to his own desires? As a learned 

 professor remarks, in speaking of woman, "Who has 

 a right to regard her as a therapeutic agent!" 



Brutes and Savages More Considerate. —It is 

 only the civilized. Christianized (!) male human being 

 who complains of the restraint imposed upon him by 

 the laws of nature. The untutored barbarian, even 

 some of the lowest of those who wear the human form, 

 together with nearly all the various classes of lower 

 animals, abstain from sexual indulgence during preg- 

 nancy. The natives of the Gold Coast and many other 

 African tribes regard it as a shameful offense to co- 

 habit during gestation. In the case of lower animals, 

 even when the male desires indulgence, the female 

 resents any attempt of the sort by the most vigorous 

 resistance. 



Are not these wholesome lessons for that portion 

 of the human race which professes to rex)resent the 

 accumulated wisdom, intelligence, and refinement of 



