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Editorial
April 3, 1799
Gazette Of The United States, & Philadelphia Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
Editorial denounces newspapers' publication of sensational stories on unusual human births as disgusting and a relic of efforts to lure immigrants to America, referencing Sir Thomas Browne.
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LUSUS NATURE.
The passion of news-printers for articles of this description, is as conspicuous and universal, as the taste of the vulgar is prone to the marvellous: but in no particular respect is it more disgusting than in that of lusus as displayed in the unnatural fecundity of the human species. The publicity of such information originated in a system, of which it was no insignificant ramification, of enticing foreigners to America. It is high time it were laid aside. Sir Thomas Brown, one of the deep Doctors of the last century, wished that the human species might procreate like trees and plants; these marvellous gentry seem to be of the Doctor's way of thinking.
The passion of news-printers for articles of this description, is as conspicuous and universal, as the taste of the vulgar is prone to the marvellous: but in no particular respect is it more disgusting than in that of lusus as displayed in the unnatural fecundity of the human species. The publicity of such information originated in a system, of which it was no insignificant ramification, of enticing foreigners to America. It is high time it were laid aside. Sir Thomas Brown, one of the deep Doctors of the last century, wished that the human species might procreate like trees and plants; these marvellous gentry seem to be of the Doctor's way of thinking.
What sub-type of article is it?
Moral Or Religious
Press Freedom
Immigration
What keywords are associated?
Lusus Naturae
News Printers
Sensationalism
Human Fecundity
Enticement Of Foreigners
What entities or persons were involved?
News Printers
Sir Thomas Brown
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Criticism Of Sensational News On Human Fecundity
Stance / Tone
Disgusted And Critical
Key Figures
News Printers
Sir Thomas Brown
Key Arguments
News Printers' Passion For Marvelous Articles Is Conspicuous And Universal
Vulgar Taste Prone To The Marvellous
Publicity Of Unnatural Human Fecundity Originated To Entice Foreigners To America
Such System Should Be Laid Aside
Reference To Sir Thomas Brown's Wish For Human Procreation Like Plants