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Rh death with a club than it would to allow them innocently to acquire and practice this secret vice.

"Private fornication causes twenty times more misery than any other sexual sin. And this is substantially the opinion of all who have examined this subject. If a loved child must practice either—O merciful God! deliver all from such a dilemma—almost as soon let it DIE. Any other cup of bitterness is less bitter! Nothing, O fond parent, can render your beloved offspring more completely wretched."—Prof. O. S. Fowler.

Again and again the question is asked, "Can the effect of this terrible evil be eradicated?" A boy can never be the man he might have been had the habit never been practiced, though he can undoubtedly recover from its effects and develop a fine vigorous physique if proper efforts are made. To such an unfortunate the writer would say: Follow the system of exercises illustrated here. Take