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be of short duration; & this period once passed, there are other tasks & duties that nature & society decree ought to be taken care of. There is a truth that must be engraved into each individual, & that is, in a republic where fortunes must be completely divided up, where everyone must have little, in order for everyone to have something; in a nation where an immense horde of priests, cloistered girls, women led astray by superstition or degraded by vice, is going to disappear once & for all, it is necessary that marriages regain their dignity, & that celibacy be eternally prohibited. Celibacy has never been anything more than a sophisticated corruption, & a way of satisfying, more freely, shameful pleasures. I leave these reflections to the meditation of the wise & true friends of the popular cause: they are inspired to me only by the fierce desire that I have to see men happy. These reflections are not made to be debated by philosophers. It is only up to feeling & moving sensitivity to appreciate them, & to remain convinced that only in fulfilling the measure I propose, will we accelerate the renewal of morality; the only thing capable of bringing about the prosperity & immutability of the Republic.