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346 KOTICES OF BOOKS.
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Homer D.C.L And .M. The P. For Homeric T...
the The two crime parts is mentione , of which d by he Jup by iter no , in means the Ol specifie ympian s the Court latter , as as consisting the more of
atrocious . '' The law of marriage differs from most other human laws in a very important particular . It is their excellence to impose the minimum aim of and
rethe straint criterion , which of will a good satisf law y the of marriage absolute is wants to impose of society the maximum : but the of restrain that human nature can be induced bond Jlde to accept . Doubtless there the is
general here also withholding a conceivable of excess submission : but it , would or evasion be and of has obe been dience indicated endured . Up to for by that the
point sake of , the a greater restrictions good of , but the are marriage good in law themselves are not evils . to be ie In order that this great institution may thoroughly fulfil its ends , it is
especiall " 1 . That y requisite it sho , uld not be contracted between more than one man and one C ( woman . rule
2 . That it should on both sides be , in the main and as a general , deliberate and spontaneous . " 3 . That the contract , once made there , is should not fourth be dissolved .
within " " 4 And . certain That closel nuptials y allied degrees should to these of not , relationshi be contracted yet a between negative persons : who stand
near p . the " 5 possibility . It is always of marriage _requisite for that either this partner engagement with should a third exclude person , not but onl also y
on any " marriage other Of these fleshl . propositions Every y conne one ction , of the the without first three , third marriage was , and acknowled . fourth , ged are b heads y the of Greeks restraint of
the " heroic The rule age of . conjugal fidelity was admitted , though not wholly without other relaxation restrictions , to be as were applicable lied to to women men as with to their undeviating wives . strictness This , and . all the
, app to " amount 1 . As , regards in spite the . of its first being , it is negativ plain , e , from to demonstration a mass of evidence , that the so large uniform as the union to be leThishow
practice everof itself of the Greeks is saying required little ; but marriage it imports much besides sing what .. is on , the - contract surface , : is it a imp , irit lies of that equity , with and due of well allowances adjusted , the rig sp hts irit as of b the etween marriage those
who enter into sp it . , " " It 2 . held This a relation central was it place also in conceive life thoroug d by hl the much y Greeks European to the in , ideas a as spirit opposed of freedom to the in .
Oriental ideas . Nay , approximated * very prevailing that when of our a own if marriage she she country was is of enforced years as with well against too Ul as age tender . the censorious "We to will exercise do of not tongues a find young a jud in will gment the maiden immediatel poems . , _Nausicaa or any contracted in put stance fears it
about that she seen is going to be ysses married , to him . They will say , ' Who y is this tall and handsome stranger icked with _Nausicaa ? Surel from y she is going who has to become
from his bride his . ship Trul : or y she some has god p has up come some down gallant to wed her afarj . Better it strayed were her if
she PliEeacian found suitors a husband thoug from h they abroad are , since many , forsooth and noble , she . ' looks Then down continue upon s this model of maidens , ' Thus I snail come into disgrace and indeed I myself
will should of her be indi parents gnant : frequented with any one the who should of so men act , ; before and who being , against publicl the
married freedom . ' as In scarcel this remarkable y , any age has passage exceeded company we have . For such it an clearl exhibition y shews of woman that the ' y s
freel marriage share y in rendered , determining of a damsel to authority it was . That her and own is op to affair inion _sa-y , , , to she and had tha extent t , when subject of of choosing to due a age due , a a regard mate main
346 Kotices Of Books.
346 KOTICES OF BOOKS .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Jan. 1, 1859, page 346, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01011859/page/58/
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