Quote#Self
The sin of self-pollution is one of the vilest, the basest, and the…
Quote byJohn Harvey Kellogg · 1852–1943
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Plain Facts For Old and Young, p.428.
English (original)
The sin of self-pollution is one of the vilest, the basest, and the most degrading that a human being can commit. It is worse than beastly. Those who commit it place themselves far below the meanest brute that breathes.
— John Harvey Kellogg
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