It requires as much reflection and wisdom to know what is not to be put into a sermon, as what is.
The rule seemed to be that a great woman must either die unwed. . . or find a still greater man to marry her. . . . The great man, on the other hand, could marry where he liked, not being restricted to great women; indeed, it was often found sweet and commendable in him to choose a woman of no sort of greatness at all.