Mike Murray wrote in message . ..
On 24 Sep 2003 13:42:12 -0700, (Nick) wrote:
In 1913, while teaching at the Ferrer Modern School in New York City, Will
Durant (age 28) married one of his students, Ada (or Ida) Kaufman (age 15)
(snipped)
How should Will Durant's relationship with his inamorata be regarded today?

Tertullian? Durant? -- how about Jerry Lee Lewis or Mohammed?
Times have have changed,

Yet has human nature changed enough with the times?

laws have been tightened, and childhood's a lot longer than it used to be.

Yes, today a child's place should be in the classroom, not the coal mine.

I do not contend that what Alex Sherzer allegedly did was justified or excused
by what Will Durant did under different circumstances ninety years earlier.

'O tempora! O mores!' (Cicero)

--Nick