1818 Jan y 4

Not Paul

60

III Doctrine

Ch Asceticism

11

§ Inconsistency

By the eulogy / pretious […?] of eulogy / bestowed / lavished / in the one case, by

the vituperation poured forth in so flaming a torrent in the other can the nature of

the thing itself be changed? And what if to the feeder on bran oil or carrion the

turtle or the venison would be as bran oil or carrion to him by whom these costly

viands are employed as / afford / food? to whom the matter of nourishment is afforded

/ administered / by these costly viands?

In This paragraph perhaps marked as a note in

pencil. the connubial union when in either party the capacity of

contributing to procreation either never came into existence or is extinct, in what

respect does the sexual intercourse in this case differ in its consequence from the

like intercourse with a being of a different species or the same sex? it is not

indeed in every case that the incapacity is matter of certainty: it is however in one

case viz. where the female is past the age. Yet without objection even on the part of

the most rigid ascetic, under this circumstance the union is not only continued but

even commenced.