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She knew the general doctrine on sex, held by people in one form or another, the doctrine that sex was an ugly weakness of man__ lower nature, to be condoned regretfully. She experienced an emotion of chastity that made her shrink, not from the desires of her body, but from any contact with the minds who held this doctrine.
Ayn Rand Atlas Shrugged
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She knew the general doctrine on sex, held by people in one form or another, the doctrine that sex was an ugly weakness of man__ lower nature, to be condoned regretfully. She experienced an emotion of chastity that made her shrink, not from the desires of her body, but from any contact with the minds who held this doctrine.

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