This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt: ...measure of his faculties, to be the vessel and bearer of culture, which is in essence morality, and thereby to acquire freedom from the blindness and soul poverty of daily existence; that therefore every man represents an independent worth, an end in himself, and no man may be used as a thing; not even for a social end ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1919 Excerpt: ...measure of his faculties, to be the vessel and bearer of culture, which is in essence morality, and thereby to acquire freedom from the blindness and soul poverty of daily existence; that therefore every man represents an independent worth, an end in himself, and no man may be used as a thing; not even for a social end.1 Of syphilis and venereal diseases in general, the true prophylaxis lies in self-reverence, self-knowledge, self-control, combined with a due regard for the inalienable rights and the deepest interests of others, the claims of the weak and the dictates of honor.1 2. Social obligation.--While a human being cannot be made a mere thing, a means to the satisfaction of selfish gratification, nor a slave of society, yet personality is incomplete in isolation; individuality is not synonymous with selfishness. He is poor, starved, and mean as well as miserable who does not joyfully find his best self 1 Dr. W. Gruber, Die Prostitution, etc, p. 32. R. J. Pye-Smith (at the seventy-sixth annual meeting of the British Medical Association, 19o8), British Medical Journal, August 1, 19o8, p. 359. in free service to others, in a course of conduct which contributes to the well-being of his fellows. Education must aim to furnish discipline for a rational community life; and the most important part of that life is the production, maintenance, and proper education of children and youth. Artificial avoidance of the responsibilities of having children in many well-situated families is often due to the fact that considerations of selfish comfort and ease determine the conduct, and men and women ignore their obligations to the race. It is a pressing problem to know what to do to increase the birth rate of the superior stocks and keep proportionate at least the contr...
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