Nowitisconsistentwithallthediscretionofjustice，thatfargreaterleniencyshouldbepracticallyextended，toasexwhosepassions，habitsoflife，andgreaterlaxityofopinions，maketheirtemptationsgreaterandtheirresistanceless，thanisthecaseamongwomen；andaproportionateseveritymaywellbeshewntothatothersex，whosepurityisofinfinitelygreaterimportance。Buttosaythatdivorce，——ifpermittedatall，——shouldbepermittedtoonepartyonly；thatLordChancellorThurlow’sprinciple，（thateachcaseshoulddependonitsownpeculiarcircumstancesfordecision，andonthemoralimpossibilityofactualreunion），shouldbesupersededbythedoctrinethatonlyonepartycanbewrongedsufficientlytodeservetheextremeremedy，issurelysoobviousanabsurdity，thatitwillscarcelybeararguingupon：andwouldsimplybeaddingonemoreanomaly，tolaws，inwhichalreadythejealousPage159
andexclusiveguardingofmasculinerights，isoftenthefoundationofthemostpreposterouswrong。
Calledupontogiveassenttosuchalaw，evenMajestymightfeelsomethingofthehelplessnessofsex：andmuseonthataccidentofregalbirth，whichhasinvestedherwithsacredandirrevocablerights，inacountrywherewomenhavenorights。
TheoneEnglishwomaninEnglandwhominjuryandinjusticecannotreach：
protectedfromitforever：protected，notasWoman，butasQUEEN：