His sarcasm regarding morality: Dr. Peale’s book is punctuated with such noble terms as "truth," "love," and "honesty."
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==Pornography==
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Douglas justified a famous work of pornography <ref>''Fanny Hill'' ... the thoughts and experiences of a common prostitute [http://www.vindicatingthefounders.com/library/index.asp?document=51] </ref> as "more significant and moral" than Rev. [[Norman Vincent Peale]]'s ''Sin, Sex and Self-Control''. [http://www.vindicatingthefounders.com/library/index.asp?document=51]
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Douglas justified a famous work of pornography <ref>''Fanny Hill'' ... the thoughts and experiences of a common prostitute [http://www.vindicatingthefounders.com/library/index.asp?document=51] </ref> as "more significant and moral" than Rev. [[Norman Vincent Peale]]'s ''Sin, Sex and Self-Control''. Douglas describes the two books in terms of [[moral equivalence]]:
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:The search for the moral in Fanny Hill is clothed in erotic passages which seem to equate morality with debauchery as far as the general public is concerned. At the same time, Dr. Peale’s book is punctuated with such noble terms as "truth," "love," and "honesty."