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| 19 | 913 | In such a way, in such symbolisms, may the order of View more quotes about nature">nature, and its profound truths, in a conventional and civilized manner, be expressed and acknowledged. |
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| 19 | 910 | She immediately, frightened, dropped to her knees and again put her head down to the sand, the palms of her hands, too, on the sand. |
| 19 | 911 | It is pleasant to have a woman perform obeisance before one. |
| 19 | 912 | It is also appropriate. |
| 19 | 913 | In such a way, in such symbolisms, may the order of nature, and its profound truths, in a conventional and civilized manner, be expressed and acknowledged. |
| 19 | 914 | To be sure, this gesture had not been performed voluntarily by the woman at this time, in a typical reverence for the male, for nature, and for herself, and her meaning, but had been commanded by me. |
| 19 | 915 | Also, I had not commanded this gesture merely for my own pleasure, to see the beauty before me, so marvelously, so rightly, but I had commanded it of her for her own good, that she might clearly understand the nature of our relationship, that she would understand herself, in the deepest part of her belly, as being submitted. |
| 19 | 916 | Indeed, I had required it of her categorically, unquestioningly, as a master might require it of a slave. |