Project Gutenberg 2004-11-27 Public domain in the USA. 51 Penn, W. E. (William Evander) 1832 1895 Penn, William Evander ca07006255 There is No Harm in Dancing Reading ease score: 68.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. E-text prepared by Susan Skinner from images in the American Memory Collection "There is No Harm in Dancing" by W. E. Penn is a controversial treatise written in the late 19th century, specifically in 1884. The book serves as a lecture published in book form, addressing the moral and social implications of dancing, which the author condemns. Penn seeks to persuade readers that dancing is detrimental to the moral fabric of society and argues that it fosters a range of social vices and corruptions. In this passionate work, Penn draws from his experiences as an evangelist, where he claims to have witnessed the negative effects of dancing first-hand. He argues that it leads to dishonesty, jealousy, disobedience to parents, and other moral failings. Through a series of illustrations and examples, he outlines how the pursuit of dancing creates an environment conducive to sin and misery, suggesting that it is responsible for many societal ills, including alcoholism, gambling, and even murder. Penn concludes with a solemn exhortation for fathers and brothers to protect their womenfolk from the perils associated with dancing, ultimately advocating for a complete rejection of this pastime in favor of higher moral standards. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Dance -- Moral and ethical aspects Antidance Literature GV Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics 101051 99961 2024-10-06T11:41:07.125341 2023-10-06T12:03:49.406190 text/html text/html 98023 2020-12-18T18:44:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 37418 2020-12-18T18:44:01 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 107667 2024-10-06T11:41:12.094452 application/epub+zip 107609 2024-10-06T11:41:09.103325 application/epub+zip 107610 2024-10-06T11:41:07.826324 application/epub+zip 222272 2024-10-06T11:41:14.162299 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 212300 2024-10-06T11:41:11.296309 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173979 2022-09-07T14:59:09.743718 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 89809 89748 2024-10-06T11:41:06.737323 2023-10-06T12:03:49.087202 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 89584 2020-12-18T18:44:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 34859 2020-12-18T18:44:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19599 2024-10-06T11:41:14.287303 application/rdf+xml 13364 2024-10-06T11:41:08.375316 image/jpeg 3791 2024-10-06T11:41:08.098332 image/jpeg 107470 2024-10-06T11:41:07.135337 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia