Henry Adams Quote

The common view of marriage as a primitive institution implies in the man more than arbitrary superiority, such as he exercised over the child, which still remained free. The woman's slavery was assumed to be for life.

Historical Essays (ed. Georg Olms Verlag, 1973) - ISBN: 9783487403618

The common view of marriage as a primitive institution implies in the man more than arbitrary superiority, such as he exercised over the child, which ...

The common view of marriage as a primitive institution implies in the man more than arbitrary superiority, such as he exercised over the child, which ...

The common view of marriage as a primitive institution implies in the man more than arbitrary superiority, such as he exercised over the child, which ...

The common view of marriage as a primitive institution implies in the man more than arbitrary superiority, such as he exercised over the child, which ...