Note 4 — Chapter LVIII · STATE OF EUROPE WITH REGARD TO MARRIAGE
Cecil N. Sidney Woolf translation
The Examiner, an English paper, when giving a report of the Queen's case (No. 662, September 3rd, 1820), adds:—
"We have a system of sexual morality, under which thousands of women become mercenary prostitutes whom virtuous women are taught to scorn, while virtuous men retain the privilege of frequenting these very women, without its being regarded as anything more than a venial offence."
In the land of Cant there is something noble in the courage that dares speak the truth on this subject, however trivial and obvious it be; it is all the more meritorious in a poor paper, which can only hope for success if bought by the rich—and they look on the bishops and the Bible as the one safeguard of their fine feathers.