With the offspring of genius, the law of parturition is reversed; the throes are in the conception, the pleasure in the birth. (Charles Caleb Colton)

With the offspring of genius, the law of parturition is reversed; the throes are in the conception, the pleasure in the birth.

Charles Caleb Colton

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