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IMPORTANCE OF VERILE MANHOOD.
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likely impose upon him the necessity of supporting a family of dependent and growing children. No man becomes affable, gracious and considerate to women until he is renderd so by the awakening of his sexual nature and the quickening of that within him, which, when held under proper discipline and control, renders him noble and unselfish."—Sylvanus Stall, D.D.


CLOSE RELATIONSHIP OF SEXUAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH.

The great importance of strong sexual powers cannot be too strongly emphasized. Their influence on life is marvelous. If a fine, vigorous man acquires a complaint that weakens his sexual organs, his powers in every way will begin to decline—his muscles will grow weaker, his nerves will be affected, and unless a change is quickly made, he will soon become a physical wreck. The nervous, sexual, muscular and vital forces are so closely interwoven that what affects one always influences the others in a similar manner. As the muscles are developed and strengthened the nervous and other powers