The England of our day would fain bring up both sexes and keep all ages in profound ignorance of sexual and intersexual relations; and the consequences of that imbecility are particularly cruel and afflicting. ... Shall we ever understand that ignorance is not innocence? (Richard Francis Burton)

The England of our day would fain bring up both sexes and keep all ages in profound ignorance of sexual and intersexual relations; and the consequences of that imbecility are particularly cruel and afflicting. ... Shall we ever understand that ignorance is not innocence?

Richard Francis Burton

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