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young man or a young woman than this — to keep himself or 
herself pure, to train the body to be strong, the mind to be 
whole, that he may be a worthy father or she a worthy mother 
of the better race that is to be. 
1. What thought of our offspring will give us increased determina¬ 
tion to care for our own health ? 
2. To what social ideal should we all be devoted ? 
II. Conclusion 
We have tried to explain clearly the physiology of repro¬ 
duction, because we think boys and girls ought to under¬ 
stand the subject; they have a right to know themselves. 
We have called attention to the particular evils that follow 
the wrong use of the sex function and to the horrible diseases 
that are sweeping the land as a result of immorality; we 
have done this so that you may know something of the 
enormity of the disaster and may not through ignorance 
become a victim. 
The Controlling Ideal. — Now, in closing, we shall try to 
set before you an ideal that will be a safe guide in temptation 
and will bring you the greatest happiness and satisfaction. 
Common animals feel sexual attraction to their mates only at 
certain seasons or periods. Then they respond to their in¬ 
stincts without restraint. Adult man is not entirely limited 
to seasons, but may at any time feel sexual desire, and 
needs to, control his actions by his reason rather than by 
instincts. The more progressive parts of the human race 
have for centuries been growing toward the ideal of mo¬ 
nogamy , one man and one woman married for life. No com¬ 
munity has as yet perfectly attained the ideal. But every 
boy and girl should adopt this as his or her ideal and should 
firmly resolve to let nothing turn him or her aside from this 
high aim. The young man expects a pure girl for his bride; 
the young woman should accept only the chaste man as her 
suitor. 
