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C 9
Offences against Adultery. Adultery Conditions Ins.
33.
Facility why reprobated If a man then acquiesces in the such a practise
it is a sign of his indifference; if then he is indifferent
about the her affection for him, it is a sign
her affection for him did not give him much
pleasure. If then her affection did not give him
much pleasure, it is a sign he did not deserve
much pleasure from that source from which
by much the more valuable part of the happiness
a man is capable of is supposed to be derived
Now the bare circumstance of a man's being unhappy
especially unless where any extraordinary
degree of merit is perceived in him which in virtue of
it is conceived that he ought to have been otherwise, and especially where it proceeds from an internal cause
is sufficient to lessen him to a certain degree
in people's esteem. The more at ease a mans
appears to be, findis caeteris paribus are other
people of making his acquaintance. Accordingly
people who are not happy in themselves do their
endeavours to be thought so.
34.
— makes her not love his children The diverting the current of their affections from
their children to another channel, is to a certain
degree an objection to a second marriage after
howsoever the first marriage be dissolved: it is
an objection against a second marriage in the common
case of a second marriage where the first
is dissolved by death. [Accordingly it is no uncommon
thing for fond parents to deny themselves
the comforts of a second marriage for fear out of apprehension of the
prejudice that may result to their children. It is certain
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