Superb virility of manhood : giving the causes and simple home methods of curing the weaknesses of men / by Bernarr Macfadden, assisted by various medical and other authorities.

  • Macfadden, Bernarr, 1868-1955.
Date:
[1904]
    relation which would be likely to impose upon him the necessity of supporting a family of dependent and growing children. No man becomes affable, gracious and con- siderate to women until he is rendered so by the awakening of his sexual nature and the quickening of that within him, which, when held under proper discipline and con- trol, renders him noble and unselfish.’’— Sylvanus Stall, D.D. The importance of strong sexuality can- not be too strongly emphasized. Its in- fluence on life is marvelous. If a vigorous man acquires a complaint or gets into a condition that weakens his sexual organs, his powers in every way will begin to suf- fer— his muscles will grow flabby, his nerves will be affected, and unless a change is quickly made, he will soon become a phy- sical wreck without hope, ambition or de- sire. The nervous, sexual, muscular and vital forces are so closely interwoven that
    what affects one for evil always influences the others in a similar manner. But per contra as steps are taken to re- cover lost strength and vitality in the way that this book relates, as the muscles are developed and hardened, as the whole sys- tem is tuned up ’’ there is a return of the nervous powers in general and the sex- uality of the man once more asserts itself. Splendid sexuality never makes its for- tunate possessor a sensualist any more than does great muscular strength make its owner a thug or bully. On the contrary those who are blessed with superb man- hood are usually faithful lovers and de- voted husbands. It is such men that are the hope of the race in the future as they are its ornaments in the present; for theirs it is to set their weaker brethren examples of what they too may be, and transmit their physical and moral virtues to poster- ity. And such men invariably marry, for with the wisdom that comes from their
    clear, forceful mentalities they know that it is not well for man to be alone, and that the life perfect is one that is shared with another. ‘‘A true and permanent union of one man to one woman establishes a relation of affection and interests which can in no other way be made to exist between two human beings. Without such an union no indi- vidual can be considered as having an- swered the whole purpose of his existence, or as having arrived at the full develop- ment of which his character is capable. He is incomplete and imperfect. He has ten- dencies, and capacities and powers for good which have never been called into activity and which he may not even know exist. Domestic life and the domestic re- lation are the essential elements of human happiness and human progress so far as moral and spiritual characteristics are con- cerned. From this same source — domes- iicity — proceeds our purest happiness
    and upon it depends onr highest motives, those that tend to goodness and improve- ment. From the relations of the sexes spring all that gives charm, grace and true value to human intercourse. Without it there would be no families, no relatives; none of those thousand endearing associa- tions which arise from them. Strike out from the life of man all the hopes, inter- ests and motives which grow out of this relation and what would be left him but a desolate and merely brutal existence.’— John Ware, M.D,
    CHAPTEE VIII LOSS OF MANLY POWEES Causes of Weakness, Debility and Partial or Entire Impotence. Why is the man of indifferent physique and weakened or defunct sexual powers so common, and why is he of superb health and vitality so relatively rare ? Let me try to tell you. Nature is in some respects the sternest of teachers. She has no patience with, no pity for the ignorant. Deliberate viola- tions of her laws on the part of the per- verse are severely punished, but none the less is he chastised who is a law-breaker through lack of knowledge. Man, the king of all animals, as a race, still grovels in the dust and mire of ignorance, and even his boasted knowledge sometimes turns on