Fathers like to have children good-natured, well-behaved, and comfortable, but how to put them in that desirable condition is out of their philosophy.
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Much is said about the burdens and responsibilities of married men. Responsibilities indeed there are, if they but felt them but as to burdens what are theyErnestine Rose
Again, I shall be told that the law presumes the husband to be kind, affectionate, and ready to provide for and protect his wife. But what right, I ask, has the law to presume at all on the subject
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I know that some endeavor to throw the mantle of romance over the subject and treat woman like some ideal existence, not liable to the ills of life. Let those deal in fancy who have nothing better to deal in we have to do with sober, sad realities, with stubborn facts.
Ernestine Rose
Away with that folly that her rights would be detrimental to her character - that if she were recognized as the equal to a man she would cease to be a woman
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If they are unsuccessful in married life, who suffers more the bitter consequences of poverty than the wife But if successful, she has not a dollar to call her own.
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In case of separation, why should the children be taken from the protecting care of the mother Who has a better right to them than she How much do fathers generally do toward bringing them up
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