Fury on Earth: A Biography of Wilhelm Reich

increase its strength among Catholic voters and Reich’s positions were likely to fright-
en rather than attract them.
Sometime in the late spring of 1927, Reich left Davos cured of tuberculosis. I
believe he also left Davos more intent than ever on finding a way to make genitality a
matter of public concern, on changing the public attitudes toward contraception, abor-
tion, and premarital and extramarital love life. But further influences and opportunities
were necessary to convert this readiness into practical endeavor, and to facilitate the
development of his social position.

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