The Liberator

Marriage.—The man who is married for
mere worldly motives, without a spark of
affection on the woman's part, may nevertheless get, in every worldly sense of the
word, a good wife—and while American
women continue to be what, thank Heaven,
they are, he is likely to do so: but when a
woman is married for the sake of her fortune,
the case is altered, and the chances are five
hundred to one that she marries a villain, or
at best a scoundrel. * * * To set about
seeking a wife is like seeking one's fortune.
and the probability of finding a good one in
such a quest is less, though poor enough, in
both cases. * * * * The man who gets in
love because he has determined to marry,
instead of marrying, because he is in love,
goes about to private parties and to public
places in search of a wife: and there he is
attracted by a woman's appearance, and the
figure which she makes in public, not by her
amiable deportment, her domestic qualities,
and her good report.—Watering places might
with equal propriety be called fishing places,
because they are frequented by female anglers, who are in quest of such prey, the elder for their daughters, and the younger for
themselves. But it is dangerous sport, for
the fair Piscatrix is not more likely to catch
a bonito, or a dorade, than she to be caught
by a shark.