A Solemn Appeal - James White

"Confining children in-doors; compelling them
to sit on hard benches, with their toes scarcely
reaching the floor, in ill-ventilated school-rooms;
low, vulgar stories upon subjects relating to the
sexual function, which many young men and boys,
yes, and old men too! are so fond of relating to
excite the imagination and arouse the curiosity of
all who listen to them; giving children false
impressions as to how they were born--and this is
as often done by parents as by others--and of the
nature and use of the sexual function; reading low
novels and obscene stories; looking at obscene
pictures--all tend to excite the imagination, and
arouse and pervert the sexual instinct."
"Talking to children about 'sweethearts' and
'lovers' is a fruitful cause of premature excitement
of the sexual system, and often leads to self-abuse,
as well as to promiscuous sexual indulgence. I am
often horror-stricken at the lightness and levity
with which these seeds of damnation are sown in
the minds of children. Parents and others who sow
such seed may thank themselves for the fruit
thereof.
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