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 Archbishop of Dublin's remark on this argument:

The worst of the apprehended evil then appears, on analysis, to be this—that, if the prohibition were removed, certain persons who (from age, habits, character, or conduct) might be expected to marry, but who are now living together without marrying, and had rather continue to do so, would be obliged to marry or to part. This is an evil of so doubtful a character, that it might be mistaken for a good.

Against it must be set—the spurious origin of the restrictive law: its doubtful authority: the