Sexual Life in Ancient India: A Study in the Comparative History of Indian Culture v1.c6.26

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² We can read, for instance, in Westermarck ³, 136 ff. and Ploss-Bartels ⁴, ii, 285 ff. how absolutely necessary marriage is looked on by the various peoples and tribes. Here we give only one further example: " 'When a servant (of God)," said the Prophet, "marries, verily he perfects half of his religion." He once asked a man, "Art thou married?" The man answered, "No." "And art thou," said he, "sound and healthy?" The answer was, "Yes." "Then," said Mohammed, "thou art one of the brothers of the devils; for the most wicked among you are the unmarried, and the most vile among your dead are the unmarried; moreover, the married are those who