If any one thinks that it is so slight a thing to do this now, since if one is not satisfied one can get a divorce, he or she is not giving the choice a fair chance.

It must be held within the heart and purpose as a permanent bond or the marriage will not be likely to realize its own possibilities.
The real lover is sure that he will love forever the same.

It is that feeling that consecrates the marriage and gives most assurance of its success.

If we could get rid of romantic love we should have no good start toward married happiness.

If we got rid of the ideal of life-long devotion we should not build the home on sure foundations.
The psychology of permanence is an essential of true marriage.
On the other hand, if we tried to put the family back into the bondage of the old time, when youth was subject and could never exercise its own power of choice, we should lose the one precious gift of freedom to love, the power to find and keep one's own.