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the higher plane of their affections, realizing, in 

 their domestic relations the fond dreams of youth. 

 Self-restraint has become a pleasure, chastity a ^he Coming 

 conscious joy, k>ve a holy bond and parentage a 

 sacred privilege. Children born from parents like 

 these usually have a good inheritance; the vigor 

 of youth blooms upon their cheek without the 

 blight of vice, and the beauty of unperverted na- 

 ture is reflected in their eyes. Families like these 

 are the prophecy of the coming civilization. 



"The harvest is ripe, but the laborers are few." 

 Before closing these pages permit me, gentle 

 reader, to extend to you a personal invitation to 

 join me in my humble efforts to disseminate the A p efsona j 

 truths contained herein. Whatever may be your Invitation, 

 position in life, there you have an influence. Will 

 you use it to make men free? To my mind the 

 outlook is glorious with possibilities. With psy- 

 chology practically applied in prenatal and post- 

 natal development, how rapid should be the evolu- 

 tion of the race! When every child born is a 

 child of light, how effectual must be the influ- 

 ence of education and religion! When vice has 

 been supplanted by virtue, how beautiful must 

 be the domestic relations and how sacred the 

 privilege of parentage! Come with me in this 

 labor of love. Let us go forth as heralds of the 

 truth, until the saloon and the brothel with all > m ' With Mc * 

 their defiling influences are a thing of the past. 

 Let us proclaim the truth until the word, "Equal- 

 ity," is written across our flag, that the stars and 

 stripes may in loyalty wave o'er a land that is 

 free, without a woman enslaved. Let us teach 

 the better way and struggle for the higher life 



