Excerpt from Ethical Principles of Marriage and DivorceN the following pages the subject of marriage and divorce is discussed with reference to what the author regards as rational moral principle.The primary doctrine upon which the discus sion hinges is the essential difference between marriage itself and the marriage ceremonial or contract - the marriage itself being the natural relationship, and the ceremonial or contract being the conventional expression or declaration of that relationship.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter Vin the sanctity of marriage the natural sacredness of marriage demands further consideration of our subject in a manner wholly affirmative, as if divorces were unknown or only vaguely possible. To that demand this concluding chapter is intended to be in some measure a response. Marriage itself, which is constituted by the harmonious union of one man and one woman through reciprocal love abiding in its nature, is a natural human relationship. It is as natural as motherhood and fatherhood, to which it is Nature's condition precedent. On the physical or animal plane of human life, this is too obvious to require elucidation. The intimate physical union without which procreation is impossible, furnishes its own demonstration of its own indispensability to fatherhood and motherhood. Describe that relationship as only the expression of a momentary animal impulse if you will, yet the fact remains that even then Nature is seen to declare for monogamy, for unity, for reciprocality, for affection, and in many ways to suggest the idea of abidingness. But man does not live upon the physical or animal plane alone. Though we brush aside all thought of human immortality as an idle speculation, we cannot escape the obtrusive natural fact, a fact in the domain of human nature, that man possesses moral as well as physical qualities. You may say, if you will, that moral qualities are nothing but modes of the physical; as for instance, that the impulses of human marriages are only poetizations of animal matings, and that the impulses of human motherhood are the same affections in kind as those of the dam for her cub. Nevertheless, as none can deny that human action is often determined by disinterested love of another than one's self or one's own, ..

Excerpt from The Ethics of Marriage and Divorce I have read with great interest your treatise on The Ethics of Marriage and Divorce. Your message is timely, scriptural, and scholarly. Our day needs such a word as you have spoken and I hope it may have a wide circulation for the good it will mean to the State, to the Church, and to humanity. Geo. T. Webb, General Superintendent, Baptist Church, Canada. Copies of The Ethics of Marriage and Divorce can be had from the Author, Rev. A. E. Allin, Port Lambton, Ont., at 5c. Each; 25 for 100 for postage pre paid; 500 for or per 1000, by express. 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.

Excerpt from Marriage and Divorce The three addresses Which comprise this little volume were spoken by Professor Adler before the Society for Ethical Culture of New York City, and were reported stenographically. The reports have been edited With a view only to eliminhte some of the distinctively platform features of speech, While preserving the thought as expressed in the spoken addresses. 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.