semicontinent

Updated: July 8, 2025

And every year of voluntary chastity renders the task easier by mere force of habit. I wish to be clearly understood in this matter. So long as a young man remains chaste in thought and deed, he will not suffer any bad effects from his continence. It is the semicontinent, the man who knows the right but pursues the wrong, who suffers!

Henry Newell Guernsey - Plain Talks on Avoided Subjects