Henry Ward Beecher 
Lectures to Young Men, on Various Important Subjects [PDF ebook] 

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. I ask every rouse nun who may read this book, not to submit his judgment to mine, not to hate because I denounce, nor blindly to follow me; but to weigh my reasons, that he may form his own judgment. I only claim the place of a com panion; and that I may gain his ear, I have sought to present truth in those forms which best please the young; and though I am not without h0pe of satisfying the aged and the wise, my whole thought has been to carry with me the intelligent sympathy of rouse nan.