Instead of "wild oats" : a little book for the youth of eighteen and over / by Winfield Scott Hall.

  • Hall, Winfield Scott, 1861-1942.
Date:
[1912]
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Instead of "wild oats" : a little book for the youth of eighteen and over / by Winfield Scott Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    EYEEY young man wants “to make good,” and while much advice has been preached and written on how to make a success of life, the whole question, after all, turns upon one chief fundamental essential: good health. We must have good health to bring out even the greatest natural ability and most efficient qualities. And back of good health is a clean moral life. No mat- ter to what extent we may believe or disbelieve in the different moralities, one incontrovertible fact remains: no young man can drain his system by unwise living and keep healthy. And without good health success, if it be not impossible, is, to put it mildly, tremendously difficult. The present business pace is only for the man who can stand the physical strain. Now, this little book aims to give to every youth of eighteen years and over a simple explanation of how and why a young man’s [9]