Confidential talks with young women / by Lyman B. Sperry; with recommendatory note by Frances E. Willard.

  • Lyman B. Sperry
Date:
1896
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Credit: Confidential talks with young women / by Lyman B. Sperry; with recommendatory note by Frances E. Willard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    jarring dissonance of the wrong one smites her innocent ear. In these days of infinitely varied communication among all classes of people, by means of printer's ink, and of that popular education which at an early age brings together classes, who in their homes are kept entirely separate, the problem of conserving the purity of our girls and young women has grown complex, and the most thoughtful parents and teachers have begun to believe that by as much as intelligence is more desirable than ignorance, is virtue more desirable than innocence. For we have learned by experience that the first is often but a rope of sand when tested by temptation, while the last is a bright Damascus blade of protection and defence. I am personally acquainted with the author of this little book, who is connected with one of our best Congregational colleges in the West, and who brings not only an adequate scientific preparation, but a pure mind to his high task. The girl who feels a confidential freedom in bringing to the home sanctuary the mysterious questions sure to be answered somewhere, will be likely to maintain purity of word and deed even amid youth's manifold temptations; and after an experience of more than half-a-century (including the unusual opportunity of
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