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But I take Nature for
my guide and regard any man whatsoever as fairer
to view than a eunuch, nor can I believe that
Providence is ever so indifferent to what itself has
created as to allow weakness to be an excellence, nor
again can I think that the knife can render beautiful
that which, if produced in the natural course of
birth, would be regarded as a monster. A false
resemblance to the female sex may in itself delight
lust, if it will, but depravity of morals will never
acquire such ascendancy as to succeed in giving real
value to that to which it has succeeded in giving a
high price.
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