In conclusion, the author would quote St. Paul, (seventh chapter of his first letter to the Corinthians), as good authority for his advice to those men and women who have a purpose and an object in living, who can rule their own bodies and spirits, and who wish to attain to the highest development and usefulness of which human nature is capable, not to marry. The life of chaste celibacy, chaste in thought, word, and deed, devoted to some high purpose and unselfishly spent for the advantage of mankind–this is undoubtedly the highest ideal and gives best promise of health, happiness, and usefulness. For woman, it is true, the highest office is motherhood, but not all are capable of filling that office worthily, and not all desire it. Any man or woman is living best when filling the highest office for which he or she is adapted, and many a woman as well as man will find that sphere outside of marriage.
But for the majority, now as ever, the married state is the natural and proper one, honourable in all, and best adapted for the development of individual character and the welfare of society. Health, happiness, and usefulness await those who enter this state from pure motives, accept its responsibilities, live up to its duties, and share its joys in moderation, and with due regard to that proportionate exercise of all the bodily, mental, and spiritual powers and faculties which alone can result in perfect health.
Member New York State and County Homoeopathic Medical Societies ;
Formerly Staff-Physician to the College and Wilson Mission
Dispensaries ; Fellow of the N. Y. Academy of Anthropology ; Member American Historical Association,