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as the world lasts prostitution will last also.
That we can quite make up our minds to.
But it will be prostitution modified as soon as
we have the sense to recognise that we must
organise and arrange that particular trade; and
we must protect our young, and see that no
woman becomes a prostitute because she has
no friends, and because she is poor or ill-used
and homeless, and that no man must become
a victim because he is taken unawares and
led into a trap at some weak moment. I
wrote to others also. There must be knowledge
of this thing, and the knowledge must
be common. Every lad and girl who comes
into our charge must have that knowledge.
Knowledge is not evil ; it is power, protection,
and righteousness if it is sanctified. Know-
ledge is the power and the strength of God ;
ignorance, the devil's best asset.
I also saw the editor of Truth, and had
a long talk with him; and I said to him,
"You know there is no need for me to
"
touch this thing. But if I do help to get
these facts made public, shall we be able to
kill this traffic? The opinion is that we
shall, if the country helps us, kill the awful
thing. It is the general belief that education
on these matters is needed.
Only a short time ago a girl wrote to me.
She came from the North and belonged to a
decent, well-to-do, middle-class family. She
was one of those unhappy children who have
never been given any trade or profession or
any interests outside her home, and she