英语翻译
On Tuesday,March 31,he and I dined at General Paoli's.A question was started,whether the state of marriage was natural to man.Johnson,"Sir,it is so far from being natural for a man and woman to live in a state of marriage,that we find all the motives which they have for remaining in that connection,and the restraints which civilized society imposes to prevent separation,are hardly sufficient to keep them together."The General said,that in a state of nature a man and woman uniting together would from a strong and constant affection,by the mutual pleasure each would receive;and that the same causes of dissension would not arise between them,as occur between husband and wife in a civilized state.Johnson,"Sir,they would have dissensions enough,though of another kind.One would choose to go hunting in this wood,the other in that;one would choose to go fishing in this lake,the other in that;or,perhaps,one would choose to go hunting,when the other would choose to go fishing;and so they would part.Besides,Sir,a savage man and a savage woman meet by chance;and when the man sees another woman that pleases him better,he will leave the first"..
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