“ The world must be peopled by marriage or peopled without it. ”
Samuel Johnson, The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (1759). copy citation
| Author | Samuel Johnson |
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| Source | The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia |
| Topic | marriage world |
| Date | 1759 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/652/652-h/652-h.htm |
Context
“it is therefore fit that we assist each other. You surely conclude too hastily from the infelicity of marriage against its institution; p. 110will not the misery of life prove equally that life cannot be the gift of Heaven? The world must be peopled by marriage or peopled without it.”
“How the world is to be peopled,” returned Nekayah, “is not my care and need not be yours. I see no danger that the present generation should omit to leave successors behind them; we are not now inquiring for the world, but for ourselves.””
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