The Ethics Of Marriage (1888)

Other times, places, and castes than those to
which they themselves belong ; how difficult
and unpleasant a task it is to do the contrary I
never before realized ; my courage has nearly
failed me many times.

One may easily denounce the Mormons, be-
cause they are far away, and their peculiar sin is
not shared by one's audience.

It is not a very difficult matter to work
against intemperance, because the drunkard has
little part in the moulding of popular sentiment ;
but to use voice or pen in matters the free
treatment of which must touch and grieve many
whom one meets in the daily round of social
and industrial relations, many even of those
whom one holds near and dear, is not only a
bitter and ungracious task, but also a most deli-
cate one.