Note 793 — Chapter XVIII · PROBLEMS OF MARRIAGE AND THE FAMILY (continued 2)

Owen, Marriages of the Priesthood of the Old Immoral World, 54: "I resume the subject of marriage because it is the source of more demoralization, crime, and misery, than any other single cause, with the exception of religion and private property; and these three together form the great trinity of causes of crime and immorality among mankind." For examples of the bitter denunciations which Owen's doctrines naturally provoked see the tract of Brindley, The Marriage System of Socialism (Chester, 1840); and that of Bowes, The 'Social Beasts' (Liverpool, 1840).