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order to withhold a sensual inheritance from the 

 child; and finally, since absolute continence and 

 chastity should be maintained throughout gesta- 

 tion, it is well for parents to learn the lesson of 

 self control before the initial of the new life. 



It is stated upon good authority, that Sir Isaac 

 Newton was conceived after two years of en- 

 forced continence. The exemplary life, spotless o< 



f , . . . . Sir Isaac 



chastity and towering genius of this eminent phil- Newton. 



osopher testify to his splendid inheritance. Many 

 are indebted to a like cause for their superior 

 qualities. 



At Grand Rapids, Michigan, I made a careful 

 study of a very superior child. She not only had 

 a good form, but her muscles were firm, giving 

 her the grace and bearing of an athlete. She was 

 pretty, highly magnetic, and so far above the 

 average as to attract attention wherever she went. 

 I first noticed her intellectual face in my audience 

 of over a thousand people. Her parents were ^ _ .^ 

 good people but not much above the average. Child. 

 The father told me that for three years after mar- 

 riage he and his wife were most delightfully 

 happy and their affections comparatively chaste. 

 They had planned this little life, and because of 

 their sedentary occupation, had both taken physi- 

 cal training for one year before the inception. 

 They had lived hygenically in all ways. The 

 child was conceived when both parents were hale, 

 vigorous and magnetic. During gestation, 

 maternity was respected and perfect continence . 

 maintained, the mother continuing her physical 

 training for the first four months. Before incep- 

 tion, as well as during gestation, the mother gave 



