http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/12/11/amelia-earhart-on-marriage/ Amelia Earhart on Marriage by Maria Popova “I cannot guarantee to endure at all times the confinements of even an attractive cage.” Charles Darwin gleefully weighed the pros and cons of marriage, ultimately deciding in its favor, while Susan Sontag called it “an institution committed to the dulling of the feelings.” But marriage, of course, is like most things in life — all else being equal, you get out of it exactly what you put in. Amelia Earhart — pioneering aviator, bestselling author, and one altogether fierce lady — must have known that when she sat down on the morning of February 7th, 1931, and penned this exacting, resolute letter to her publicist and future husband, George Putnam. Found in the out-of-print volume Letters from Amelia, 1901-1937 (public library), it spells out (typo notwithstanding) exactly what Earhart wanted — and did not want — in a marriage, a bold testame...
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