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CHAP. XXVII.: Of the Law made in France to encourage the Propagation of the Species.
LEWIS XIV. appointed†351 particular pensions to those who had ten children, and much larger to such as had twelve. But it is not sufficient to reward prodigies. In order to communicate a general spirit, which leads to the propagation of the species, it is necessary for us to establish, like the Romans, general rewards, or general penalties.