Marriage, a Partnership
By Mrs. Newell Dwight Hillis
(American contemporary. From “The American Woman and Her Home.”)
There is a sense in which marriage is a contract, at the same time business, moral and social....
Marriage is looked upon often as the consummation of the romance of life, whereas, it is simply its beginning. It is called a matter of the heart, which it should be, but it should also be an affair of the intellect. It is fortunate that the day of early marriage has passed, since the early marriage implied a choice guided almost wholly by the emotions, as the intellect is slower in its development than the heart. But marriage should involve both heart and brain and fulfill the chief desire of both.