The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-03 00:00:00

Several Porten Wasted.

A R R I A G E.
One half the wend are desolately single, and the ether
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sense et right determine the former, and miscalculated hopes em-
bitter tie latter. The solitary one may shield himself under the plea
Of canton and worldly prudence; and the indissoluble, regret an-
oompresiag harry ; but the truth lies deeper. Physical incapacity,
said broken health, are the great hindrances to domestic happiness
and sOciaj content. The dowry should net be the only marriage set-
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In the compact; tt alone dignifies the alliance. Blighted hopes or
Iseglect•weindMore sorely than poverty er misfortune. Reader, if
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Avoid,' and " How to be Happy:" They are net merely
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OVE is the leading feeling of the human
breast. Mere exalted than mere passion, it soars above
every other impulse of nature, and is not only stronger thati'avarice,
but more engrossing even than ambition. No man is exempt from
its influence, or can avoid its sway; and business, pleasure, philo-
sophy, and divinity itself become neglected under the enthralling
power of LOVE, which, unlike most things, increases in intensity
with time, until it receives the sacred consummation of marriage.
When union does not take place, however, this passion, this
fervour, this golden tide of the manliest feelings becomes a deadly
poison in the heart, which now darkens, as it before bright-
ened, all things upon earth. How is it that men, of most un-
changeable habits, will change at the very altar, and after a life-
time spent in the fulfilment of every engagement, snap the very con-
tract asunder which should be most binding to an honourable mind?
It is the effect of conscience. The Lover, by enervation of early
habits, or the results of secret disease, knows himself to be
disqualified, and dares not enter a state which has been
instituted by Divine Law for the fulfilment of important
ends. The wretched condition of such a being mast subsequently be
beyond measure deplorable ! Loving and beloved, he entails the
when the simpleice, and upon
possession of
most miserable disappointments on the object of his cho
himself a desolation the most horrible,
natural attributes would change the scene, and yield to both a life of
unal'eyed happiness. The subject is interesting, and deserves the
attention of all. Those desirous of investigating it will find the
fullest and most satisfactory information in the little work entitled
SELF-PRESERVATION,
illustrated by forty coloured engravings on the anatomy, physiology,
and diseases of the reproductive organs ; with practical observa-
tions on the secret infirmities of youth and maturity, resulting from
Bente& habits, excesses, o~ infection.
By SAMUEL LA'MERT, M.D.,
Doctor if Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of
Edinburgh, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Mall, London, Honorary
Membe- of the London Hospital Medical Society, &c.
This treatise is the result of a long course of study in a peculiar and
much neglected branch of medical practice, and the author having ob-
tained the highest medical honours, is a guarantee for his profes-
sional experience, which has reference almost solely to the treat-
ment of those diseases.
REVIIW Or VIII VlEntr.
La'Mert on the Infirmities of Touth and Maturity.—" There are
scenes be the drama of life which are acted with no spectator but
Conscience ; and of these the result is ever disastrous. Happy the
mortal who meets with a timely mentor to snatch him from the gulf
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erring, without impairing one idea that can vitiate a naiad not al-
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of masterly precision and lucidity, blending the profoundest truths of
philosophy and physics with the loftiest precepts of morality. It is a
production calculated to confer a vital benefit, physicallyf
and morally,
upon all who are tempted from the rigid path o abstemiousness and
propriety. A father may trust it in the hands of his boy. By
un
taught innocence the book is not, of course, needed ; but wherever
laxity has prevailed, the tender yet awful voice breathing in these
pages is likely to prove as strikingly beneficial as the admonitions of
a homily blended with the practical advice of a writer on medicine."
—United Kingdom Magazine.
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