It will learn, too, the magnificent results to be obtained from one
moral code for both sexes, and this result could never be obtained in a
polygamous community.
To Walter Smeed
_Concerning Creeds and Marriage_
Before you left us, I realized that you and my pretty secretary were
finding matters of mutual interest.
Therefore, I am not surprised that you are thinking seriously of her as
a future companion.
Rosalie is a charming, intelligent, warm-hearted, excellent girl, and
there is no reason why she would not make you a good wife, save the one
you mention--the difference in your creeds.
You are a Roman Catholic, Rosalie is a devout Protestant.
Were the cases reversed, and were you the Protestant and Rosalie the
Catholic, I should say the chances of happiness were greater than as
conditions now stand.
As a rule, the most religious man is more liberal than the religious
woman. And when marriage between a Roman Catholic and a Protestant is
the question, there is need of greater liberality on the part of the
Protestant than on that of the Catholic.
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