Cruelty is, in theory, a perfectly adequate ground for divorce, but it…

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Cruelty is, in theory, a perfectly adequate ground for divorce, but it may be interpreted so as to become absurd. ✨ Bertrand Russell (2009). Marriage and Morals, p.146, Routledge
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