Herodism

In 1702 he wrote in opposition to prevalent intolerance a phamphlet entitled "The shortest way with Dissenters," in which he counselled the violent and total extinction of all who differed with the state-sanctioned creed. He was, of course, out-Heroding Herod to mock Herodism : but his imitation was too good and he was clapped into Newgate and condemned to the pillory.

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I understand that the mothers often would be willing to rear their daughters; but the fathers, who have supreme control in their families, insist upon getting rid of useless mouths and choke their infant babes to death, the mothers readily acquiescing. Equeesik, one of our hunters on the sledge journey, who is himself a Netchillik, denies this charge of female Herodism.

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The maternal instinct which rebelled at what they unjustly and too hastily termed as antenatal Herodism was an obstacle to scientific research in this instance, and we shall always feel that Dr. Gregg was either jealous of the great attainments of the oracle or laboring under some prejudice, for, as stated above, had the population and procreation only gone on apace and the mothers been more self-sacrificing in the interest of science, the truth or fallacy of the proposition might have been established in the course of the next generation and thus the cause of science suffered.

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For the price of a postage stamp, however, and the effort of a letter to our Member of Parliament, we may yet at this eleventh hour make a gesture for the defence of the foetus and prevent the introduction of Herodism and abortions of convenience into British medicine.

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