<p>The highest, purest, best and holiest relation in life, is that of marriage, which ought never to be regarded as a mere civil contract, entered into from worldly ends but as an essential union of two minds, by which each gains a new power, and acquires new capacities for enjoyment and usefulness. <br><br>Much has been said and written about the equality of the sexes, and the rights of woman; but little of all that has been said or written on ...