A Solemn Appeal - James White

fire to the nervous system, which, diseased,
irritates all the propensities, and depraves the entire
being! Mark, ye husbands whose demands are
frequent, the increased irritability, and fretfulness,
and crossness, of your wives the next day, and
learn from these principles both the cause and cure.
"We must not omit to mention the double
injury occasioned by indulging while she is
fulfilling her maternal relations. At these periods
she almost always loathes it--proof enough that it is
then wrong. Besides, it withdraws that vital energy
required by her precious charge. It also sensualizes
the charge; it partaking by sympathy with its
mother's feelings. Nor have I a doubt but that the
seeds of much of the sensuality of mankind are
sown by parental indulgence before birth. Then, at
least, should the mother's mind be kept as pure and
elevated as possible, and her physical stamina
promoted, not drained off to feed a sensual passion.
"Husbands, be entreated to mark well this
entire chapter. In this particular you are mainly in
fault. Your wives could not impose upon you in
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