I could be content that we might procreate like trees, without conjunc…

Thomas Browne
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I could be content that we might procreate like trees, without conjunction, or that we were any way to perpetuate the world without this trivial and vulgar way of coition; it is the foolishest act a wise man commits in all his life. ✨ 1634-5 Religio Medici (published 1643), pt.2, section 9.
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I could be content that we might procreate like trees, without conjunction, or that we were any way to perpetuate the world without this trivial and vulgar way of coition; it is the foolishest act a wise man commits in all his life. ✨ 1634-5 Religio Medici (published 1643), pt.2, section 9.

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