Now, if Congress were to pass a law authorizing the chief magistrate of the United States of America to be styled Emperor, such designation to mean nothing more than the word "President", the title would soon be understood in that sense.

There is no reason in history or philology why the word "Emperor" should never mean anything other than a hereditary ruler.

I make this suggestion seriously, and hope it will be adopted.
Marriage laws in the United States, as I understand them, are more elastic than those in Europe.

In England, until a few years ago, a man could not contract a legal marriage with his deceased wife's sister, although he could marry the betrothed wife of his deceased brother.

It is curious to compare the Chinese view of these two cases.