@booklet {344, title = {The Answer}, year = {1911}, note = {

2nd ed. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Sydney D. Smith, 1914. Rpt. in Bill Hornadge, Chidley\’s Answer to the Sex Problem (Dubbo, NSW, Australia: Review Publications, 1971), 54-90. See also Chidley\’s The Answer, or the World As Joy, An Essay in Philosophy (Sydney, NSW, Australia: Sydney D. Smith, 1915), 155-205, which is reportedly an edition from between the first two.

}, month = {1911}, publisher = {Sydney D. Smith}, address = {Sydney, NSW, Australia}, abstract = {

Natural food (fruit and nuts), no hot drinks, nudity. Has an odd notion of coitus, which should take place when the penis is not erect. No alcohol, tobacco, or opium. If we live his way, we will produce a eutopia. No war, no quarrels. Proposes gardens be set aside for young lovers in the Spring and early Summer. The poor, weak, criminal, and stupid \"should be fed, sheltered, and treated with kindness and consideration\" (195). \"Class distinctions, money-making, ambition, violence, warfare and pride\" are \"a weakness or perversion\" (195).\ The author was regularly imprisoned or incarcerated in mental hospitals for advocating his beliefs.\ 

}, keywords = {Australian author, Male author}, author = {William James Chidley (1860-1916)} }