Abbeville press. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1860-1869, 1866-12-21
MISMATCHED COuPLES

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every .lay. Passion binds the ;,,lar'n', u
in these cases, ana when the l,v. l.,n,n ,,oo.
uu. and the ordinary duyli,Lt looks IN mr..
Of the parties, at least, is sure to stand
aghast at the realities it reveals. Tie mos,
foo;is!!: thing a fool can do is TO marry q
highly gifted woman. His ya,,i,v-fo,
all weak men ara vain-is sure ,o ,,ke
fire at tho di :coyery. which will so,, Ia
forced upon him in spite of hi, s,u,i.];,v
that his wife. ia his super:or. IF hc i ri
brutal nature he will cu.}eavor 70 sh.l,.,
his natural inr.riori,y behin his mar;,,l
authority. and tnunt AMI ,or,uro tho h,;,o.
who. bv RIGHT Of mind if not bv law :
lis slz .rsin. If ON The c,,tr,r1 ho c,u,
hclpiessly INTO the position of Il lppen,lant
and submits quietly to bc guided and
governed !.v lLe s,ronprr n,,,,re f., ,,h;,.h
lie has allied himself he will sinnIv l..
piied and despised. In either c,so n.
will have carsc to reyret that l.. m,rr,d
above his intellectual deuree. and tho
LADY, that she stoned To coucucr.
More unr ,r,unato still are those mis-
unions in which baseiiess IS made tho woke
fellow of virtue. Love, or any thing an,
proach:ng to it, is impossible in sucl, con-
,irgencics. Vino can feel auv affection
for what is vile and mean--who respect
what is gross and sensual? Not all the
marriage vows that ever were made becorc
priest or deacon can compel the heart to an
allegiance so mons,rous.
Nor is Tie low.sonled msn, mis- allied
with lofty minded, pure-hearted woman
much less miserable than she. He is NOT
capable, indeed, Of the acute anguish to
which her keen SENSE of shame and con-
scionsncss Of degradation and wroup con-
tinuay su,.;rct her: but. accordino 70
his carish nature, Il. suffers. It has been
well said Of such man, that he becomes
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o'"''''"' '0"'u .s'oe D'o's"' '"'o 'he sun
anu '"o 's''"' III possession cfushes the
outbreak u all ''oSe' c'''es them BACK
''Ee s'"ves' INTO 'he dungeon ana the dark
ness '"' ''''n ch"'es a; the thought that
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to retrieve vour own fortune and vour
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