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opinions upon any subject, I must not be held respon
sible for any inferences, or deductions, or practical ope
rations, which may be made by others. The saying
of the Apostle applies to natural law and its social ap
plications, "
Many things are lawful, but many things
are not expedient." I have written in great frankness,
as I would to a confiding friend. I pray that I may not
be misapprehended. I am a profound believer in the
uses of knowledge. I do not believe there can be a
fact, that is not worth nor an knowing, opinion that is
not worth examining. I accept St. Paul literally, where
he says, " Prove (try or examine) all things ; hold fast
to that which is good." And this learned and philo
if this
sophical Apostle would be the last to complain,
maxim were applied to his own writings. I will con
sider, in brief sections, such matters connected with the
foregoing chapters as may be of interest or possible
utility.
IS SEXUAL ENJOYMENT VOLUNTARY?
The Perfectionists, a religious
sect in this and the ad
joining States, affirm that they have the power to con
trol the sexual so as orgasm, to enjoy a certain degree
of amative pleasure, without emission or a full orgasm.
It is possible that men with strong wills and moderate
amativeness may obtain this control. I know, certainly,
that women have this power. Courtesans submit, me
chanically, to mercenary pollutions, taking no part in
them, while they enjoy, with the keenest zest, the
embraces of their lovers. So wives, who do not love
their husbands, save all their amative feelings
paramours.
for their
In the same way, women in pregnancy,