... The Ocean Could Not Be Swept

As Often As I Have Witnessed The Miracle [birth], Held The Perfect Creature With Its Tiny Hands And Feet, Each Time I Have Felt As Though I Were Entering A Cathedral With Prayer In My Heart.

Usually This Desire [for Family Limitation] Has Been Laid To Economic Pressure It Has Asserted Itself Among The Rich And Among The Poor, Among The Intelligent And The Unintelligent. It Has Been Manifested In Such Horrors As Infanticide, Child Abandonment And Abortion.

There Is Only One Reply To A Request For A Higher Birthrate Among The Intelligent, And That Is To Ask The Government To First Take The Burden Of The Insane And Feeble-minded From Your Back. [mandatory] Sterilization For These Is The Answer.

The Mother Memories That Are Closest To My Heart Are The Small Gentle Ones That I Have Carried Over From The Days Of My Childhood. They Are Not Profound, But They Have Stayed With Me Through Life, And When I Am Very Old, They Will Still Be Near . . .

A Mutual And Satisfied Sexual Act Is Of Great Benefit To The Average Woman, The Magnetism Of It Is Health Giving. When It Is Not Desired On The Part Of The Woman And She Has No Response, It Should Not Take Place. This Is An Act Of Prostitution And Is Degrading To The Woman's Finer Sensibility, All The Marriage Certificates On Earth To The Contrary Notwithstanding.