PREFACE. THE present volume is composed of discourses written during the past year. They treat upon a class of subjects, which, above all others, are most intimately connected with the organization, development, and destiny of individual and social man. By physiological vices and virtues is meant, those uses of the conjugal principle, which tend directly either to demolish or to upbuild man's moral and physical nature. In order to impart a definite knowledge of the author's view of man's affectional endowments, it was deemed advisable to repeat briefly what may be found in "The Teacher" on the six loves. It is believed that while the first portion of this volume will tend to save many of both sexes from destruction, the concluding lectures will do much toward giving right views of marriage and parentage; and thus, that the entire work will act powerfully in the direction of mankind's regeneration and happiness. The publication of the conclusion of the chapter on the question: “What and where is God?" is still further postponed; for which the author can furnish no satisfactory reason, save this-that he does not feel "impressed" to continue that subject at this stage of the public mind. That the truths herein contained may be welcomed by the earth's inhabitants, like salutary messages from the Fountain of Love and Wisdom, is the most earnest desire of THE AUTHOR. CONTENTS. The hidden Sources of History. Facts vs. Principles. Definitions of Love, Wis- dom, Knowledge. The Ways of Wisdom. Facts prove anything. The Causes of CLASSIFICATION OF THE LOVES; AND THE WORLD'S VIEW OF MARRIAGE. Equality of Want and Supply. The six Loves. The Natural, Inverted, and Extreme 73 Novelistic Literature. The use of Tea and Coffee. Alcohol in the Blood. fects of Tobacco. The Coca of South America. Turning Night into Day. Man's Position in Nature. Voltaire's Idea of Love. The Origin of Life. How the ultimate Essence is developed. Blood-Love vs. Love of the Spirit. Thompson's Let- Man and Woman compared. Woman's Legal Position. Her Right to Influence Elections. Medical Rights considered. What Man expects of Woman. Disparity of Wages. Woman's Work monopolized by Man. The Evils of Dependence. No Indi- |