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When those who advocate hygienic reform go to extremes, it is no wonder that many who regard these persons as representing health principles reject the reform altogether. These extremes frequently do more harm in a short time than could be undone by a lifetime of consistent living.

Going to extremes in advocating health reform can cause significant harm by leading others to reject the principles altogether. The text offers practical and ethical advice regarding the social impact of radical advocacy, lacking direct testable physiological assertions.

Hygienic reform is based upon principles that are broad and far-reaching, and we should not belittle it by narrow views and practices. But no one should permit opposition or ridicule, or a desire to please or influence others, to turn him from true principles, or cause him lightly to regard them. Those who are governed by principle will be firm and decided in standing for the right; yet in all their associations they will manifest a generous, Christlike spirit and true moderation.

True hygienic reform rests on broad principles that should be upheld with firmness and moderation, avoiding both compromise and narrowness. This paragraph focuses on personal integrity, steadfastness, and spiritual/moral disposition, containing no empirical claims.