Chapter XXXIII: Part I: What He Ought to Know Concerning Himself

Prevalent ignorance concerning physical changes in men
of middle-life—Sad results of such ignorance—Reasons for
change—Evidences of these changes—Husband and wife constitute
a reproductive unit—The two natures responsive in activity
and repose—Somewhat similar changes in both—The age at which
climacteric or “change of life” occurs in men—Climacteric and
adolescence contrasted—The testimony of medical men to the
fact—Only young men need the testimonials of authorities—Old
men know it—Compensations which follow the sexual hush—Physical
and mental effects—Changes more gradual than in women—Many men
intellectually at their best after sexual hush—To them time
and experience open their richest treasures—Moderation in all
things enjoined—Sexual moderation emphasized—Virility, how
destroyed, how preserved—Effects of exercise, food, stimulants,
sleep, employment, etc.—Functional disorders—Benefit of
intelligence—Enlargement of the prostate gland—Manifestations,
cause and precautionary measures—The marriage of men of middle
life—Physical unfitness and effects—Rights of the unborn—The
years beyond—The man at forty determines what the man at eighty
shall be—Value of purpose to keep strong and bright—Examples.