Karezza : ethics of marriage / by Alice B. Stockham.

  • Stockham, Alice B. (Alice Bunker), 1833-1912.
Date:
1896
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Credit: Karezza : ethics of marriage / by Alice B. Stockham. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    and cover me with kisses such as only the most enthusiastic lover could give. And though the years lapse, I cannot see or feel any change in the way he cherishes me. To each other we are con- tinual objects of deepest reverence and the most sacred mystery. Our affection deepens, our romance seem? as sure and enduring as the stars. My lover! my hero! my knight! my husband! I date my marriage from the time when he became a disciple of of Zugassent, for that was the begin- ning of our assured happiness. But it is not alone as a cherishing lover that my husband has become my crown of happiness. He has grown perceptibly nobler in character, in purpose, in strength, in all the qualities that make a man God-like, so that beside a lover I have a strong friend and wise counsellor, and my happiness is complete. L. S. T. I am a young man, 24 years of age, enjoying the most vigorous health. For two years after becoming engaged I delayed marriage, simply because I did not think my income sufficient to support a wife and the children which I regarded