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27 A woman's Body at
auction!
She too is not only herself — she is the teeming mother of mothers;
She is the bearer of them that shall grow and be mates to the mothers.
28 Have you ever loved the Body of a woman?
Have you ever loved the Body of a man?
Your father — where is your father?
Your mother — is she living? have you been much with her? and has she been much with you?
Do you not see that these are exactly the same to all, in all nations and times, all over the earth?
29 If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred,
And the glory and sweet of a man, is the token of man- hood untainted;
And in man or woman, a clean, strong, firm-fibred body, is beautiful as the most beautiful face.
30 Have you seen the fool that corrupted his own live body? or the fool that corrupted her own live body?
For they do not conceal themselves, and cannot con- ceal themselves.
She too is not only herself — she is the teeming mother of mothers;
She is the bearer of them that shall grow and be mates to the mothers.
28 Have you ever loved the Body of a woman?
Have you ever loved the Body of a man?
Your father — where is your father?
Your mother — is she living? have you been much with her? and has she been much with you?
Do you not see that these are exactly the same to all, in all nations and times, all over the earth?
29 If any thing is sacred, the human body is sacred,
And the glory and sweet of a man, is the token of man- hood untainted;
And in man or woman, a clean, strong, firm-fibred body, is beautiful as the most beautiful face.
30 Have you seen the fool that corrupted his own live body? or the fool that corrupted her own live body?
For they do not conceal themselves, and cannot con- ceal themselves.
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