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129 The Rule of "Not Too Much/' (December i, 1907.) True Modesty and True Temperance Are Similar. "True modesty lies in the entire absence of thought upon the subject," says T. H. LEWIN, in Wild Races of Southeastern India, in discussing the origin of the feeling of modesty or shame. "Among medical stu- dents and artists," says EDWARD WESTERMARCK in His- tory of Human Marriage, "the nude causes no extra- ordinary emotion ; indeed ; FLAXMAN asserted that the students in entering the academy seem to hang up their passions along with their hats." "Only that which is concealed excites," says W. F. A. ZIMMERMAN in Die Inseln des indischen und stillen Meeres, "and those who introduced in the Society Islands the covering dress and secret indulgence and concealment of the natural feelings, have certainly not improved the morals." "When the sight becomes accustomed to the ab- sence of raiment," say HENRY ROWLEY, in Africa Un- veiled, "your sense of propriety is far less offended than in England, where ample clothing is made the vehicle for asserting defiance, if not of actual law, yet of the wishes and feelings of the more virtuous part of the community." "More harm, I think, is done," says W. PARKER