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Fidelity required

Infidelity to the marriage covenant is the social scourge of all races, "the pestilence that walketh in darkness, . . . the destruction that wasteth at noonday." The commandment, "Thou shalt not com- mit adultery," is no less imperative than the one, "Thou shalt not kill."


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Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. Without it there is no stability in society, and without it one cannot attain the Science of Life.