Thereshouldbethereforeaninsurmountablebarrierbetweenthosewhooughttogivetheeducation,andthosewhoaretoreceiveit,inordertopreventeverykindofcorruption,eventhoughthemotivebelawful。
Whydofatherssocarefullydeprivethosewhoaretomarrytheirdaughtersoftheircompanyandfamiliarity?
Thehorrorthatarisesagainsttheincestofthebrotherwiththesistershouldproceedfromthesamesource。Thedesireoffathersandmotherstopreservethemoralsoftheirchildrenandfamiliesuntaintedissufficienttoinspiretheiroffspringwithadetestationofeverythingthatcanleadtotheunionofthetwosexes。
Theprohibitionofmarriagebetweencousins—germanhasthesameorigin。
Intheearlyages,thatis,inthetimesofinnocence,intheageswhenluxurywasunknown,itwascustomaryforchildren[34]upontheirmarriagenottoremovefromtheirparents,butsettleinthesamehouse;