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/ Young men and young women may work \
| systematically six days in the week and |
| rise fresh in the morning, but let them |
| attend modern dances for only a few |
| hours each evening and see what |
| happens. The Waltz, Polka, Gallop and |
| other dances of the same kind will be |
| disastrous in their effects to both |
| sexes. Health and vigor will vanish |
| like the dew before the sun. |
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| It is not the extraordinary exercise |
| which harms the dancer, but rather the |
| coming into close contact with the |
| opposite sex. It is the fury of lust |
| craving incessantly for more pleasure |
| that undermines the soul, the body, the |
| sinews and nerves. Experience and |
| statistics show beyond doubt that |
| passionate excessive dancing girls can |
| hardly reach twenty-five years of age |
| and men thirty-one. Even if they |
| reached that age they will in most |
| instances be broken in health |
| physically and morally. This is the |
| claim of prominent physicians in this |
| country. |
| |
\ -- Quote from a 1910 periodical /
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