OF CHILD AND MARRIAGE
" I have a question for thee alone, my brother : like the lead I heave that question over into thy soul that I may know how deep it is.
Thou art young and wishest for child and marriage. But I ask thee : art thou a man who darest to wish for a child ?
Art thou the victorious one, the self-subduer, the commander of thy senses, the master of thy virtues ? Thus I ask thee.
Or, in thy wish, doth there speak the animal or necessity ? Or solitude ? Or discord with thyself ?
I would that thy victory and freedom were longing for a child. Thou shalt build living monuments unto thy victory and liberation.
Thou shalt build beyond thyself. But first thou must be built thyself square in body and soul.
Thou shalt not only propagate thyself but propagate thyself upwards ! Therefore the garden of marriage may help thee !
Thou shalt create a higher body, a prime motor, a wheel of self-rolling thou shalt create a creator.
Marriage : thus I call the will of two to create that
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