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MANHOOD

A MANUAL FOR YOUNG MEN.

A GUIDE TO PHYSICAL STRENGTH, MORAL EXCELLENCE,
FORCE OF CHARACTER, AND MANLY PURITY.

A SPECIAL PHYSIOLOGY,

BY

E. R. SHEPHERD,

Noted Author and Physiologist.

ALSO

THE WHITE CROSS :

Its Origin and Progress.

BY B. F. DE COSTA, D. D.

"My strength is as the strength of ten,

Because my heart is pure."

-TENNYSON..

FOURTH EDITION.

REVISED AND ILLUSTRATED.

CHICAGO:

SANITARY PUBLISHING CO.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1888,

By SANITARY PUBLISHING CO.

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

0636 554 1888

DEDICATION.

TRUE MANHOOD
Is Respectfully Inscribed

to

DR. C. B. WINSLOW,

A Pioneer in Purity Reform,

For many years Presideŋt of the

Moral Education Society, of Washington, D. C.,
To whose inspiration more than to any other source
The Young men of America are indebted
for the instruction in

these pages.

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PUBLISHER'S NOTICE.

The manuscript of MANHOOD was submitted for examination, with reference to its anatomical and physiological details to Dr. Q. S. Lamb, A. A. Surgeon, U. S. A., and Professor of Anatomy of Howard Medical College, and is published as approved by him. Recommended by prominent ministers, philanthropists, physicians, and physiologists. Endorsed by leading journals of the country.

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