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divorce, whose wheels go round more
swiftly than the seasons circle,
and the sound of whose grinding is
perpetual, if it is ever low.

Accordingly, from the thought-
-ful and the ethical, the wise and
the pure, the clear-headed and the
true-hearted, come regretful com-
-ment, biting satire, and winged words of
every sound, whose strain is dissonant,
aggravating all the other notes of our discontent.
All other ills are tolerable if they can
be escaped at the door of home; and
nothing can be long endured
which can not be always and
readily so escaped.