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be added that these people give the observer no cause whatever to think of anything improper. A European woman, if left on one of these happy islands and de- prived of her clothes, would, even after many years' sojourn in such regions place her hands before her breast or other parts and by this very desire to con- ceal would attract attention to that which she tried to hide." These are a few citations showing what practically all trained observers report. What is true concerning sexual morality applies equally to the morality of eating and drinking and to almost all other departments of morals. If true mod- esty lies in the absence of all thought upon the subject, true temperance lies in the practice of using the good things of the world within proper limits without any conscious self-restraint. Such a condition of mind and character is the result of habit and training. The person habituated to the temperate use of things will not, unless he is afflicted with a defective con- 131 The Rule of "Not Too Much." stitution as the result of degeneracy or unfortunate environment, feel any inclination to go to excess. On the other hand, the person who has been brought up to look upon the use of any of the good things of the world as improper, while knowing or at least sus-

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