| By temperament, which is the real law of
God, many men are goats and can't help committing adultery when they get
a chance; whereas there are numbers of men who, by temperament, can keep
their purity and let an opportunity go by if the woman lacks in attractiveness. - Letters from the Earth |
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Thou shalt not commit adultry is a command which makes no distinction
between the following persons. They are all required to obey it: children
at birth. Children in the cradle. School children. Youths and maidens.
Fresh adults. Older ones. Men and women of 40. Of 50. Of 60. Of 70. Of
80. Of 100. The command does not distribute its burden equally, and cannot.
It is not hard upon the three sets of children. Well, it was touching to see the queen blush and smile, and look embarrassed
and happy, and fling furtive glances at Sir Launcelot that would have
got him shot in Arkansas, to a dead certainty. |
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