not altogether approved by the Church, but
from all I heard from friends and foes of the
Church in Russia, I do not think the standard
of sexual morality has ever been very high.
The lives of celibate and married priests have
at all times left very much to be desired. In
any case, all of us who think have long ago
given up the idea that it was our duty to assist
the Almighty in visiting the sins of the parents
upon the children, if for no other reason than
that no child is responsible for his parents.
I certainly did not choose my parents, neither
did my children choose theirs.
The divorce law is very simple. If two persons being married agree that they cannot any longer live together in peace and harmony, they may be divorced without further enquiry, but if one partner objects then enquiry must take place. Divorce is granted on equal terms : there is not one standard for women and another for men. I think we shall all make a mistake if we imagine that on questions of sex there can be one rigid rule for all nations or even for all people within a nation. The longer I live the more convinced monogamist I am, but, and it is a very big but, I have seen so much downright misery, so much deceit and lying makebelieve by married people trying to make the outside world believe they love one another, when indeed they loath and detest each other, that I support any
