Excerpt from Marriage To be happy in marriage life, nay, (unless you marry with the prospect of sinking into a lower state of moral feeling, and of gradually quenching in yourself all hope, and all aspiration that looks beyond animal comforts, and the outside shows of worldly respectability), in order not to be miser able, you must have a soul-mate, as well as a house or a yoke-mate you must have a husband whom, before the altar, making yourself at that moment distinctly c'onscious of the presence of Almighty God, to whom you appeal, you can safely, that is, according to your confident belief, groucnded on sufficient Opportunities of observation, conscien tiously vow to love, honour, and respect. With what disgust would you not turn from a sordid, with what horror would you not recoil' from a contagious or infectious garment offered to you? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.