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		<title>TCDE-Team at 14:11, 11 November 2025</title>
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				&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; style=&quot;background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Revision as of 16:11, 11 November 2025&lt;/td&gt;
				&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td colspan=&quot;2&quot; class=&quot;diff-lineno&quot; id=&quot;mw-diff-left-l15&quot;&gt;Line 15:&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]], president of the Divorce Law Reform Union, said that England was more backward than any other Protestant country in the severity of its restrictions on divorce.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;[[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]], president of the Divorce Law Reform Union, said that England was more backward than any other Protestant country in the severity of its restrictions on divorce.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;span class=&quot;&lt;/del&gt;q&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&quot;Women are the greatest sufferers from the bondage and torture of unhappy marriages,&quot;&amp;lt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;span&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt; he said.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;q&amp;gt;&quot;Women are the greatest sufferers from the bondage and torture of unhappy marriages,&quot;&amp;lt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;q&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt; he said.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;span class=&quot;&lt;/del&gt;q&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&quot;When they turn to the Church for comfort and help they are merely told to bear their misfortunes patiently. Such women appeal hopefully to my society, and are waiting for a reform of the laws to release them from degrading slavery.&quot;&amp;lt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;span&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;q&amp;gt;&quot;When they turn to the Church for comfort and help they are merely told to bear their misfortunes patiently. Such women appeal hopefully to my society, and are waiting for a reform of the laws to release them from degrading slavery.&quot;&amp;lt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;q&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;span class=&quot;&lt;/del&gt;q&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;&quot;&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt;&quot;We have 200,000 graves in France and we want 200,000 cradles in England.&quot;&amp;lt;/&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;span&lt;/del&gt;&amp;gt; — [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] at Caxton Hall yesterday.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;lt;q&amp;gt;&quot;We have 200,000 graves in France and we want 200,000 cradles in England.&quot;&amp;lt;/&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;q&lt;/ins&gt;&amp;gt; — [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] at Caxton Hall yesterday.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<title>TCDE-Team at 22:17, 3 July 2024</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;New page&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Plighted Vows in Church&amp;#039;&amp;#039; is an article published in the [[Daily Express]] on 21 march 1918.&lt;br /&gt;
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On the same page of the newspaper a brief news quoting [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] was added. See below.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Plighted Vows in Church ==&lt;br /&gt;
[[File:daily-express-1918-03-21-p3-plighted-vows-in-church.jpg|thumb|250px|right|[[Daily Express]] (21 march 1918, p. 3)]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;BISHOP ON THE SOLEMNITY OF BETROTHAL.&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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The Bishop of Birmingham (Dr. Russell Wakefield), presiding at a conference on &amp;quot;Marriage and Parenthood,&amp;quot; at Caxton Hall, yesterday, said:—&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;quot;We very seldom hear of a Church asking people to hesitate before they commit themselves for all time to union one with the other. I am old-fashioned enough to wish that there could be still some solemn service of betrothal before the actual marriage takes place, in order that the solemnity of the whole surroundings of marriage shall be deepened to the hearts of those proposing to come together.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]], president of the Divorce Law Reform Union, said that England was more backward than any other Protestant country in the severity of its restrictions on divorce.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;q&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;quot;Women are the greatest sufferers from the bondage and torture of unhappy marriages,&amp;quot;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; he said.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;q&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;quot;When they turn to the Church for comfort and help they are merely told to bear their misfortunes patiently. Such women appeal hopefully to my society, and are waiting for a reform of the laws to release them from degrading slavery.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;News in Brief&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;lt;span class=&amp;quot;q&amp;quot;&amp;gt;&amp;quot;We have 200,000 graves in France and we want 200,000 cradles in England.&amp;quot;&amp;lt;/span&amp;gt; — [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle]] at Caxton Hall yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;
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* [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:Complete Works|Back to Complete Works]]&lt;br /&gt;
* [[Sir Arthur Conan Doyle|Back to Conan Doyle]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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