In early manhood she can appeal to the thought of the future wife.

I believe that this appeal is one of the strongest that you can bring to bear upon young men.
I once had to make it myself under circumstances of unparalleled difficulty; and I was struck with the profound response that it evoked.
It was on the occasion of the inaugural White Cross address to the students of the Edinburgh University, now one of the first medical schools in the world.

The date of the address had been fixed, the hall taken, when an unforeseen difficulty arose.

Eminent man after eminent man was asked to give the address, but all with one consent began to make excuse.

Spirit and flesh quailed before so difficult and rowdy an audience on so difficult and perilous a subject.