Educating to purity; thoughts on sexual teaching and education proposed to clergymen, parents and other educators (1912) (14584444798)

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Title: Educating to purity; thoughts on sexual teaching and education proposed to clergymen, parents and other educators

Year: 1912 (1910s)

Authors: Gatterer, Michael, 1862-1944 Krus, Franz, 1871- joint author Van der Donckt, Cyril, 1865- tr

Subjects: Sexual ethics

Publisher: Ratisbon, New York (etc.) F. Pustet & co.

Contributing Library: The Library of Congress

Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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I? 1. What stand does this book take with re-gard to the vexed problem of sexual enlighten-ment — we would fain avoid this catchword,11 Sexual Enlightenment — implying, as itdoes, senseless and harmful exaggerationswhich earnest educators abhor. Still we must not fall into the oppositeextreme: so paramount and extensive a sub-ject, as the sexual question is, clamors fortreatment; for it is a matter which concernsthe deepest interests of young and old, whichwields the greatest influence on mans heartand on his whole character, on which dependsthe temporal and eternal happiness of thebulk of mankind 1 as well as the weal or woeof the coming generations, and which per-manently affects all standards of morality; to 1 According to St. Alphonsus impurity is either whollyor partly to blame for most peoples damnation. (13) ^btualing hi ^t$rit^ ignore or dismiss with a few empty sentencesa question so vital to plastic youths would beleaving them without instruction and guidancein one of th

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