T. L. Nichols

Thomas Low Nichols (December 13, 1815 – July 8, 1901) was an American physician, journalist, writer, and social reformer. Quotes Marriage, according to the common acceptation, is the legal union of a man and woman, who, from any motive, have agreed to live together in exclusive co-habitation. Adultery is the violation of this compact by either party.    Marriage, in a higher and purer sense, is the union of two persons in mutual love; and adultery is, perhaps, best defined as any gratification of mere lust, or the sensual nature, without the sanctification of a true love, and apart from the lawful uses of marriage. According to these definitions, a true marriage may be what the laws call adultery, while the real adultery is an unloving marriage. Esoteric Anthropology: The Mysteries of Man (London: Nichols & Co., [1853]), p. 96 External links Category:1815 births Category:1901 deaths Category:Non-fiction authors from the United States Category:Physicians from the United States Category:Journalists from the United States Category:Social activists