I believe that in every mind and heart there is faith and love that would make life glorious and glad indeed, and I wish I could give you the vision of that. I have sought for ambition, fame, power, and I would like to write a great song, but I know I could never begin to express the music and joy of a great home, of a fine pure home. I would like to paint a great picture, but I know I could never begin to depict the color and composition that there is in a little daughter or son’s face. I would like to have a great piece of sculpture as my work, but I know that I could never begin to express the beauty and form of a little loving child in a home. I would like to write a great novel but I know I could not for one moment begin to give the comedy and the tragedy, the romance, and the thrill that there is in the home group of little children. And I would like to write a great play, but I know that I could not begin to give the drama, the comedy and the tragedy that there is in bringing up a little family. I believe that the great mass of so-called Americans are today voluntarily but blindly shutting the unborn out from the Heavens to which I hope we will all ultimately reach. I thank you for your courtesy and consideration. (Applause.) Mr. Gould: May I announce that the real and practical decision of this debate will be rendered by the New York State Legislature when they take up the problem of whether or not birth control should be made public knowledge? I thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES 1. P. 19, Sanger may have meant "die" rather than "live". Inserted "[sic]" into the transcription. 2. P. 32, Russell may have meant "kids" instead of "kinds". Inserted "[sic]" into the transcription. 3. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. 4. Archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Debate on birth control, by Margaret H. Sanger and Winter Russell