A Solemn Appeal - James White

discouraged, wanting in clearness and point of
idea, less bright than formerly, and altogether
depreciated in looks and talents compared with
what he would have been if he had never
contracted this soul-and-body-ruining practice.
"Pain at or near the small of the back, is
another dark symptom. It at least shows that the
sexual apparatus is diseased, because the nerve
from them enters the spinal column at this place, so
that their inflammation renders it proportionally
tender and painful. Sexual excess in any of its
forms will give this pain. True, other causes may
have deranged these organs, and given this pain,
yet this is the great cause. Some victims of this
passion have running sores in the small of the back,
and are generally tender there.
"Many other signs evince carnality, yet these
must suffice. Nor am I quite clear in giving these,
because they will expose so many of my erring
fellow-men, now unsuspected. Yet, again, such are
dangerous, and ought to be exposed--at least,
allowed to tell their own carnal story. Let every
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