 | Max Simon Nordau - Civilization - 1886 - 408 pages
...attention to existing abuses, before they have become unbearable, they may prevent them. TR o YTIME s. It is a pretty severe arraignment of about all the...attack. THE CONVENTIONAL LIES OF OUR CIVILIZATION. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. THE JUNIOR LIBERAL REVIEW, LONDON. The writer of this work is an iconoclast,... | |
 | John Rellye - English language - 1888 - 222 pages
...Europe it is largely an institution of social classes, of business or estate partnerships, etc. ln this country it is a matter pretty much of caprice,...the opposite extreme of the pendulum's swing — and boih are open to severe attack. THE CONVENTlONAL LlES OF OUR ClVlLlZATlON. OPlNIONS OF THE TRESS. THE... | |
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It should be said, however, that in treating of this subject it is marriage as organized in European countries that furnishes the theme. Of the methods of marriage in "this country he says nothing — probably knows nothing. In Europe it is largely an... 