Part One: The 'Mental Exercises': Marriage is Honourable in All.

A section from part one of the book "Michael Faraday's Mental Exercises: An Artisan Essay Circle in Regency London," by Alice Jenkins is presented. It focuses on marriage as honorable to everyone and remarks are set in attention to early and late marriages. It discusses the process men and women commonly engaged in that leads to marriage. The author also discusses the role of parents, courtship, things to consider to ensure happiness in marriage, as well as the state of celibacy.