It is wrong to bear children out of need, wrong to use a child to alleviate loneliness, wrong to provide purpose in life by reproducing another copy of oneself. It is wrong also to seek immortality by spewing one's germ into the future as though sperm contains your consciousness!

Irvin D. Yalom
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In this quote, Robert Ingersoll makes a strong argument against the idea of carrying children for the sake of convenience or to ease loneliness. He believed that it was wrong to bear children out of need, wrong to use a child to alleviate loneliness, and wrong to provide purpose in life by reproducing another copy of oneself. He also believed that it was wrong to seek immortality by spewing one's germ into the future as though sperm contained one's consciousness.

Source: When Nietzsche Wept

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