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centricity, and obstinacy, the married man allies himself more closely to the grand interests of society, is animated by sentiments of right and justice, readily submits to the authority of law, shares in the general happiness, and holds aloof from visionary contemplations and sterile reveries.
"The conjugal union," says Burdach, "engenders the desire for children, for it is in itself, as it were, a repetition of infantile life; the woman cares for her husband as a mother would do, and the husband directs her, protects her, and nurses her as if he were her father. In giving each other the names of 'father' and 'mother' respectively, parties long married express the cordiality of their union. It is thus that marriage attaches to life by love, and thus the majority of those who cut short their existence through disgust for life are celibates."
Finally, marriage is a remedy against debauch, in that it moderates the violence of sexual inclinations by the facility of gratifying them. It also, for the same reason, prevents excesses and economizes the forces during the time that the woman is inapt for conjugal approaches.
