Note 298 — Chapter III · : THE PESSIMISTS
R. (Robert) Richards translation
“The effect of anything like a promiscuous intercourse which prevents the birth of children is evidently to weaken the best affections of the heart and in a very marked manner to degrade the female character. And any other intercourse would, without improper arts, bring as many children into the society as marriage, with a much greater probability of their becoming a burden to it.” (P. 450.)