Henry James Sumner Maine Quotes

British jurist and historian (1822–1888)

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Sir Henry James Sumner Maine (15 August 1822 – 3 February 1888) was a British comparative jurist, historian and political proto-progressive nonetheless famous for his varied objections to Whig history.

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Alternative Names: Henry Sumner Maine • Sir Henry Sumner Maine • Sir Henry James Sumner Maine • Sir Henry Maine

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The family was based, not upon actual relationship, but upon power, and the husband acquired over his wife the same despotic power which the father had over his children.

The movement of the progressive societies has hitherto been a movement from Status to Contract.