Excerpt from Wedlock, Or the Right Relations of the Sexes: Disclosing the Laws of Conjugal Selection, and Showing Who May, and Who May Not Marry

Seeing these things, and believing it was the intention of an all-wise Creator that marriage, though consummated on earth, should be such as would be approved in heaven, and believing, furthermore, that science may and should be applied in the work of conjugal selection, to enable as to know, in advance, What to expect from each other, and how to obtain the most perfect adaptation and felicity, and also how the better to adapt ourselves to each other Where differences exist, this volume has been prepared With a sincere aim to impart such scientific and ethical information, Which our experience warrants us in believing is calculated to aid those Who would enter upon the married relation in the proper spirit, Who earnestly seek by so doing to further their best interests as members of human society. If without science such sad mistakes be made, and such unfortunate results occur, why not invoke Phrenology, Physiology, Physiognomy, and Psychology to throw all their bright light on the subject? We do not let go, or propose to let go, the teachings of past history, sacred or profane, but simply to add the knowledge gained through human science, to mitigate existing evils, and to prevent their occurrence in future.

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