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The ideal state for a philosopher, indeed, is celibacy tempered by polygamy.
-H. L. Mencken
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The Ideal State For A Philosopher, Indeed,

H. L. Mencken
The ideal state for a philosopher, indeed, is celibacy tempered by polygamy.
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God has told us latter-day saints that we shall be condemned if we do not enter into that principle of polygamy; and yet i have heard now and then (i am very glad to say that only a low such instances have come under my notice) a brother or a sister say, 'i am a latter-day saint, but i do not believe in polygamy.' oh, what an absurd expression! what an absurd idea! a person might as well say, 'i am a follower of the lord jesus christ, but i do not believe in him.'
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Biblically defined marriage is a man and a woman for life, and so anything different than that is not god's ideal whether it be polygamy, whether it be divorce, whether it be a marriage between a man and a man or a woman and a woman. the ideal would be a man and a woman under a covenant of god's blessing.
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