“A great poet has seldom sung of lawfully wedded happiness, but of free and secret love; and in this respect, too the time is coming when there will no longer be one standard of morality for poetry and another for life. To anyone tender of conscience, the ties formed by a free connection are stronger than the legal ones.” SecretMarriagePoetMoralityStandardsConscienceConnectionsStrongerTiesGreat PoetSecret Love Author:Ellen Key
“The mere idea of marriage, as a strong possibility, if not always nowadays a reasonable likelihood, existing to weaken the will by distracting its straight aim in the life of practically every young girl, is the simple secret of their confessed inferiority in men's pursuits and professions to-day.” IfsMenIdeasYoungGirlStrongSimpleSecretMarriagePossibilityAimMereProfessionPursuitReasonableInferiorityLikelihood Author:William Bolitho