With the offspring of genius, the law of parturition is reversed; the …

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With the offspring of genius, the law of parturition is reversed; the throes are in the conception, the pleasure in the birth. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1836). Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think, p.300
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With the offspring of genius, the law of parturition is reversed; the throes are in the conception, the pleasure in the birth. ✨ Charles Caleb Colton (1836). Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think, p.300

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