If a human creature is composed of two beings, and if the acknowledgment of the necessity of preserving their union is the chief mark of submission t… - Montesquieu

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If a human creature is composed of two beings, and if the acknowledgment of the necessity of preserving their union is the chief mark of submission to the decrees of our Creator, that necessity should be made a religious law; and if the enforced preservation of this union will make men more responsible for their actions, it should be made a civil law.