Morals: Whence They Spring
To be moral means that the organs be properly and legitimately used, in accordance with the law of nature:
| STOMACH. | SEXUAL ORGANS. | ||||
| For nutrition of the body. | For the propagation of the species. | ||||
| Wants Normally Supplied. | |||||
| Satisfaction | LEAD TO Health and Happiness, Purity, Chastity, Love, Affection, Joy. | Satisfaction | |||
| Contentment | Contentment | ||||
| Comfort | Comfort | ||||
| Pleasure | Pleasure | ||||
| Peace | Peace | ||||
| Abnormal Use of the Organs. | |||||
| Starvation | LEAD TO Vanity, Negligence, Indolence, Deception, Discontent, Selfishness, Disease. | Passion | |||
| Hunger | Lust | ||||
| Poverty | Overindulgence | ||||
| Luxury | Lasciviousness | ||||
| Extravagance | Vice | ||||
| Drunkenness | Whoredoms | ||||
| Crime. | |||||
| Sin. | |||||
| ———— | |||||
| Will Power Intellectually Used. | |||||
| Industry, Integrity, Activity, Honor, Courage, Goodness, Charity, Benevolence, Sympathy, Pity, Humanity. | |||||
| ———— | |||||
Be wise, let the gods and church alone;
They’re false, contrary to nature’s plan.
Trespass not, there’s nothing to atone.
Be human, an upright man.
All their rites and creeds are full of flaws.
As nature’s products, we thrive and grow.
But we must be ruled by nature’s laws
If we’d happy be—ourselves must know.
Morals! are the laws we must obey.
Infringe them not, prayers cannot save.
Though blessed, we the penalty must pay.
Not to God, or church, or priest be slave!