Cloning looks like a degrading of parenthood and a perversion of the right relation between parents and children.
“Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.”
“A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use.”