QUESTION 98

OF THE PRESERVATION OF THE SPECIES

(In Two Articles)

We next consider what belongs to the preservation of the species; and,

first, of generation; secondly, of the state of the offspring. Under

the first head there are two points of inquiry:

(1) Whether in the state of innocence there would have been

generation?

(2) Whether generation would have been through coition?

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