She is waiting for you out there in the future.
She hopes and prays that when you do find her, you will be such a man
as can be honored and truly loved. She probably keeps herself for you,
even though you have not yet met her, with some delicate and shy
reserve. You will never really be worthy of all that she will give you,
but you may at least prepare for her and yourself a great and holy
experience. To know the full beauty of the thing that married life may
be is nearly if not quite the greatest of human attainments. To spoil
it beforehand is the most pitiful of all pities.
Wherefore get up and fight!
ADDENDUM,
ESPECIALLY FOR YOUNG MEN STRUGGLING WITH
SELF-ABUSE
It is in this form that sexual temptation comes into the lives of a
very great many men, including many able, high-minded men. All the
general things already said in this chapter are relevant to your case,
but I wish to add some direct words to you because I have acute
sympathy with you in your trial.
You ought, of course, to have been warned when you were very young, and
then you might have escaped the danger.
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