insured only by their ignorance regarding these subjects, while many other good people recognize in the young intrinsic qualities of morality and ambition that will lead them to choose the right if they can determine which it is. We belong to the latter class, and believe that the young will be inestimably benefited by the Truth, especially when it is presented in a way that fully convinces them that it is truth. If those who believe that ignorance is the only safeguard to virtue, could insure the ignorance, there would be some grounds for such belief. But this is impossible; and what the young learn from each other, and from servants and other unreliable sources, is more error than truth. And it is the errors that do the injury. With these facts and much more convincing evidence, strongly impressed upon our mind, we decided to add our efforts in an honest endeavor to disseminate truth, and Plain Talk is the result. The earlier chapters were written with a view of reaching and convincing the younger minds, while the later chapters were written more for minds of greater maturity. That all may be received in the spirit in which they were written, and add to the success and happiness of all young readers, is the earnest wish of the writer. V. P. E. INDEX Superiority of those well sexed-Instinctive admiration of girls for well-sexed boys-Impossibility of superior manhood without sexual vigor-Importance of under- standing the laws of sexual health and vigor—Approach of sexual weakness insidious and seldom suspected- True sexual science far different from the vulgar ideas of the ignorant-Ignorance regarding these organs- The testicles and their function-How semen is manufact- The womb, its functions-What the womb looks like, its shape, size and weight-The ovaries, their size, shape and functions-How the ovum gets into the womb; CHAPTER V. REPRODUCTION CONTINUED. Seeds, the germ-Similarity of animal and plant repro- CHAPTER VI. REPRODUCTION, CONCLUDED. 39-46 Size of human ova-How a babe is nourished before birth- 47-49 CHAPTER VII. ONLY THE BEST MALES MAY REPRODUCE. Importance of reproduction-Nature's laws insure the best CHAPTER VIII. WHY MASCULINE CHARACTERISTICS ARE DESTROYED Source of vital energy and how it is expended—Manufact- CHAPTER IX. SEXUAL EXCESSES AND ABUSES. Reserve power-Vicious stallion conquered through weak- 72-86 CHAPTER X. AMATIVENESS AND SEXUALITY. Creative energy-Amativeness-Signs in the face-Men CHAPTER XI. MASTURBATION—BEFORE PUBERTY. Nervous exhaustion-Perverts the circulation, and enslaves CHAPTER XII. MASTURBATION-DURING AND After pubERTY. How a girl changes at puberty-The development of a boy 115-126 CHAPTER XIII. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF SEXUAL ABUSE. The stomach-The intestines-The heart and arteries- CHAPTER XIV. COMMON SENSE TREATMENT FOR SEXUAL WEAKNESS. measures. not 145-173 |