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Editorial
December 23, 1817
The Rhode Island American, And General Advertiser
Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island
What is this article about?
Editorial from Connecticut Courant challenges the idea that marital happiness requires similar temperaments, arguing that virtuous character allows diverse personalities (e.g., cholerick and cool) to harmonize like musical chords, with transient discords easily restored.
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FROM THE CONNECTICUT COURANT.
We are apt to regard a condition in life as positively bad, whenever it is attended with any prominent circumstance of an unpleasant nature. And hence it is thought, that unless there be much suavity of disposition on both sides, marriages must needs be unhappy; and, moreover, that those matches are the most promising, in which each partner is most like to each. But otherwise, in a great many instances, is the language of experience: Virtuousness of character being understood. It is not every degree of unlikeness in point of natural temper, that tends to render this connexion incompatible with a good share of 'natural peace and quiet. On the contrary, the cholerick and the cool, the lively and the grave, the talkative and the taciturn; the peevish and the placid, often are found well-suited together. Theirs is like the harmony of different-sounding chords; and if now and then it be transiently interrupted by a discordant note, it is presently restored.
We are apt to regard a condition in life as positively bad, whenever it is attended with any prominent circumstance of an unpleasant nature. And hence it is thought, that unless there be much suavity of disposition on both sides, marriages must needs be unhappy; and, moreover, that those matches are the most promising, in which each partner is most like to each. But otherwise, in a great many instances, is the language of experience: Virtuousness of character being understood. It is not every degree of unlikeness in point of natural temper, that tends to render this connexion incompatible with a good share of 'natural peace and quiet. On the contrary, the cholerick and the cool, the lively and the grave, the talkative and the taciturn; the peevish and the placid, often are found well-suited together. Theirs is like the harmony of different-sounding chords; and if now and then it be transiently interrupted by a discordant note, it is presently restored.
What sub-type of article is it?
Social Reform
Moral Or Religious
What keywords are associated?
Marriage Compatibility
Temperamental Differences
Virtuous Character
Marital Harmony
Social Norms
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Marital Compatibility Despite Temperamental Differences
Stance / Tone
Advisory And Optimistic About Diverse Temperaments In Marriage
Key Arguments
Common Belief That Similar Dispositions Ensure Happy Marriages Is Mistaken
Differences In Temperament (E.G., Cholerick And Cool, Lively And Grave) Can Lead To Harmony Like Different Sounding Chords
Virtuousness Of Character Is Essential For Compatibility
Unlikeness In Natural Temper Does Not Necessarily Disrupt Peace And Quiet
Occasional Discord Can Be Quickly Restored