These records show that divorces do not arise out of differences in what
we have always called the big things of life, but out of those things
which we have always called the little ones.
Why He Can't Change
We do not expect a husband or wife to change his religion and take on
his partner's faith. We imagine this is an inherent thing more or less
deeply imbedded in him and not to be altered, while we consider it only
fair and right for John to give up his favorite sport, his hobby and
some of his habits for Mary's sake.
At the risk of shocking the supersensitive, it must be admitted that
most individuals get their religious leanings from external
sources--parents, teachers, ministers, friends and especially by the
accident of being born in a certain country, among a certain sect or
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