scholar in Burma. He was born on 20 January 1889 and died on 3 May 1979. His outstanding library
containing books, manuscripts, maps and photographs - The Luce Collection - was acquired by the National Library of Australia
in 1980, as part of its major research collections on Asia
.
Luce was the twelfth of thirteen children of the Rev. John James Luce, Vicar
of St Nicholas's
, Gloucester
. He was educated at Dean Close School
, Cheltenham
, from where he gained a classical scholarship to Emmanuel College
, Cambridge
, and in 1911, obtained a first class degree in Classics
.
Do you understand, gentlemen, that all the horror is in just this—that there is no horror!
I can enjoy her while she's kind;But when she dances in the wind,And shakes the wings and will not stay,I puff the prostitute away: The little or the much she gave is quietly resign'd: Content with poverty, my soul I arm; And virtue, though in rags, will keep me warm.
[in Kenya]...any woman who is single and has multiple male sex partners is considered to be a prostitute, whether or not money changes hands.
[in India] Any sexual intercourse outside socially acceptable unions is likely to be regarded as prostitution.
[In Iran] Under mut'a, it is possible to be 'married' for as little as half an hour.
Egyptian law states that a man who is caught with a prostitute is not imprisoned; instead, his testimony is used to convict and imprison the prostitute.
Prostitutes are the inevitable product of a society that places ultimate importance on money, possessions, and competition.
Prostitution is organized rape.