. . . it must be borne in mind that a woman is a free agent and that she will forever enjoy the freedom of that agency, as man himself does and will. For instance, a couple who are properly married and in whom the principle of love is begotten and developed through the marital relation may may claim each other in this life as husband and wife and the propriety of the use of the word claim[ed] in this instance never be questioned, for the reason that the principle of love has united them as one. But if either of them should for some reason or other, with or without justification, take it into his or her head to separate, and be fixed in that determination and remain in this state of mind, to claim each other under such conditions would amount to nothing at all. If the separation should be found to be justifiable it would be within the power of the injured party to make the state of separation perpetual or to condone the transgression and become reunited, provided of course both parties [who] desire to be reunited should be and are worthy of each other. But if the separation should be found to be unjustifiable, say, on the part of the woman, no self respecting man would want to compel her to live with him against her will, even if he had the power to do so. After reaching the perfected state of life[,] people will have no other desire than to live in harmony with the righteousness of every wrong, including that which united them as husband and wife. It is true a woman may say, I do not love my husband in this world, and I know I shall not love him in the world to come. This may or may not be true. It will depend entirely upon his worthiness. Those who attain to the first or celestial resurrection must necessarily be pure and holy, and they will be perfect in body as well. In other words every man and woman that reaches this unspeakable condition of life will be as beautiful as the angels that surround the throne of God; and therefore there will be no reason then for a woman not loving her husband; she will be able to love him in the first place because he will be a perfect being, and she would have no desire to associate in the marriage relation with anyone else, for the weakness of the flesh will then have been overcome and forgotten; and both be in harmony with the laws that united them.