On Married Love The purpose of erotic intercourse In marriage (one suspects) is to remind The husband that, regardless of how hoarse His wife becomes complaining of his blind, Absurd ineptitude at living, she, Quite simply, loves him; that some faithful AT Survives the WHEN; that they’re reliably Compounded; that the World is sturdy; that The Czar is healthy, spry (Long live the Czar!); That, notwithstanding the impressive toll, The Heathens tickling the borders are Within the scope of civilized control. I still have no idea what spice-filled tent The woman stands to gain by her consent. Jeffrey Burghauser …
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Jeffrey Burghauser: ‘On Married Love’, ‘On Ian Bostridge’ and ‘It’s Hard to Find a True Man’
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