Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II The Goveenment's Campaign Of Sex Education Pioneers in propagating unpopular truths have ever an ungrateful, and at times an extremely disagreeable, mission in the performance of their chosen task, but theirs is the consolation of not having laboured in vain. No matter how seemingly hopeless or discouraging the outlook, the preparatory work of sowing the seeds is absolutely necessary and sooner or later the fruits of this conscientious labour will be harvested. For many years a few individuals, men and women of vision, courage and determination, have devoted much of their time and effort to awakening the public mind to the seriousness of venereal diseases, and the necessity for rational sex enlightenment. To Dr. Prince A. Morrow, one of the most untiring of these pathfinders in the social wilderness, is due exceptional credit for his work in disseminating theseadvanced, unorthodox ideas and organizing the preliminary forces. Dr. Morrow was temperamentally, as well as intellectually, especially qualified for this important role, as his strong personality, and his tact and care in avoiding an extreme policy at a time when any phase of sex education met either with an appalling apathy or extreme opposition, enabled him to overcome many formidable obstacles, as well as to minimize the personal hostility of prejudiced minds. Other notable persons might be mentioned, as William J. Robinson, Winfield S. Hall, . Stanley Hall, M. A. Bigelow, Ira S. Wile, Bernarr Macfadden, Margaret Sanger, Have- ,lock Ellis, Edward Carpenter,1 and others whose names readily suggest themselves to those who have followed the history of sex education in this country. The writer has advisedly included among these few names representatives of greatly diversified activities in this gene...