The Physiology of Marriage, Complete
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF MARRIAGE; OR, THE MUSINGS OF AN ECLECTIC PHILOSOPHER ON THE HAPPINESS AND UNHAPPINESS OF MARRIED LIFE BY HONORE DE BALZAC INTRODUCTION "Marriage is not an institution of nature. The family in the east is entirely different from the family in the west. Man is the servant of nature, and the institutions of society are grafts, not spontaneous growths of nature. Laws are made to suit manners, and manners vary. "Marriage must therefore undergo the gradual development towards
ALCOHOL AND GAMBLING (12 _sequence pictures_)
FOUR STAGES OF THE DOWNWARD COURSE
A VICTIM OF THE DRINKING CLUB
FINANCIAL VIEW OF THE LICENSE SYSTEM
_"Woe unto him that giveth his neighbor drink, that puttest thy
bottle to him, and makest him drunken also._"--HABAKKUK ii, 15.
CHAPTER I.
THE MONSTER, STRONG DRINK.
There are two remarkable passages in a very old book, known as the
Proverbs of Solomon, which cannot be read too often, nor pondered too
deeply. Let us quote them here:
THE PHYSIOLOGY OF MARRIAGE; OR, THE MUSINGS OF AN ECLECTIC PHILOSOPHER ON THE HAPPINESS AND UNHAPPINESS OF MARRIED LIFE BY HONORE DE BALZAC INTRODUCTION "Marriage is not an institution of nature. The family in the east is entirely different from the family in the west. Man is the servant of nature, and the institutions of society are grafts, not spontaneous growths of nature. Laws are made to suit manners, and manners vary. "Marriage must therefore undergo the gradual development towards