You speak of laws adapted to the welfare of the race. But if married men are guilty in violating those laivs, what of single men?

1 min readUpdated 12 October 2022

The cases are not parallel. If a man enters that state which God ordains as the essential unit of society for the multiplication of the race, and if within that state he puts into operation those forces God intends to result in children, he is bound to accept the children in a spirit of service primarily to God, and secondarily to humanity.

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