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Editorial
October 28, 1886
Saint Mary's Beacon
Leonardtown, Lexington Park, Saint Mary's County, Maryland
What is this article about?
This editorial discusses the transformative power of marriage, urging men to prepare through self-discipline to become worthy partners, and women to embody noble virtues to merit eternal love, framing it as a moral and sovereign duty in life's struggles.
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Marriage makes a man "one with his kind." It should give a stronger impetus to all that is best and noblest in his nature, confer on him new powers, open to him new possibilities. By it man finds conferred on him new powers, open to him new possibilities. By it man comes into his kingdom, a sovereign, yet a subject, governing and serving at one and the same time. He should prepare for it by stern self-subjection, by holding his vassal passions in leash, by weaving the woof of a fair fabric of life. Then may he search for his pearl in the sea, and give her love, loyal and lordly, intense and immortal. And the woman should be soft-souled and sweet-spirited, visiting all that is base and unworthy with noble scorn and corrosive contempt, to merit a love that is strong and tender and eternal. For she can bind or loose, chide, help or hinder in the fierce fray of life.
What sub-type of article is it?
Moral Or Religious
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
Marriage Ideals
Moral Preparation
Virtue In Union
Gender Roles
Eternal Love
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Ideals Of Marriage And Moral Preparation
Stance / Tone
Moral Exhortation
Key Arguments
Marriage Elevates Man's Noblest Qualities And Grants New Powers
Men Must Prepare Through Self Subjection And Control Of Passions
Women Should Embody Softness And Scorn For Baseness To Deserve Eternal Love
Marriage Involves Simultaneous Sovereignty And Service