...free of her bond, or abate her duty to the head and heart of her existence. I tell you, Mary—Mary dearest, believe me—this new seeking of womanly...bond. Let her beware of signing it. If she find she can not bend, let her not enter into the covenant ; but having entered, no human law can unbind—no...

...duty to the head and heart of her existence. I tell you Mary — Mary dearest, believe me — this new seeking of womanly independence among married...women is an outrage against God and nature ; ... it is what no Christian woman can dare to countenance. She can never remove the seal from the bond. Let her...