“explanation” of sex as something wonderful and extra lovey-dovey, a bill-and-coo process of obtaining a sweet little baby — or else “God made us so that we must do this, to bring another dear little baby to life” — well, it just makes one sick. It is disastrous to the deep sexual life. But perhaps that is what we want.

When humanity comes to its senses it will realize what a fearful Sodom apple our understanding is. What terrible mouths and stomachs full of bitter ash we’ve all got. And then we shall take away “knowledge” and “understanding,” and lock them up along with the rest of poisons, to be administered in small doses only by competent people.

We have almost poisoned the mass of humanity to death with understanding.