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less that of legal authority and more tliat of affection. Tlie parental 

 and filial relation ceases to be a tyranny which sacrifices child to par- 

 ent, and becomes one in Avhich, rather, the will of the parent subordi- 

 nates itself to the welfare of the child. 



Thus the results deducible from the natures of militancy and in- 

 dustrialness correspond witJi those which we have found are, as a 

 matter of fact, exhibited. And, as implying the directness of the 

 alleged connections, I may here add an instance showing tliat in the 

 same society the domestic relations in the militant part retain the 

 militant character, while the domestic relations in the industrial part 

 are beginning to assume the industrial character. Commenting on 

 the laws of inheritance in ancient France, as affecting children of 

 different sexes and different ages, Konigswarter remarks that " it is 

 always the feudal and noble families which cling to the principle of 

 inequality, while the ideas of equality penetrate everywhere into the 

 rotwihres and bourgeoises families." Similarly Thierry, speaking of 

 a new law of the thirteenth century, equalizing rights of pi*operty be- 

 tween the sexes and among cliildren, says : " This law of the hour- 

 geoisie^ opposed to that of the nobles, was distinguished from it by 

 its very essence. It had for its basis natural equity." 



And now we come to the interesting question, " What may be in- 

 ferred respecting the future of the domestic relations ? " We have 

 seen how the law of evolution in general has been thus far fulfilled in 

 the genesis of the family. We have also seen how, during civilization, 

 there has been carried still further that conciliation of the interests of 

 the species, of the parents, and of the offspring, which has been going 

 on throughout organic evolution at large. Further, we have noted 

 that these higher traits in the relations of the sexes to one another 

 and to children, which have accompanied social evolution, have been 

 made possible by those higher traits of intelligence and feeling pro- 

 duced by the experiences and disciplines of progressing social states. 

 And we have, lastly, observed the connections between special traits 

 so acquired and special types of social structure and activity. Assum- 

 ing, then, that evolution will continue along the same lines, let us 

 consider what further changes may be anticipated. 



It is first inferable that, throughout times to come, the domestic 

 relations of different peoples inhabiting different parts of the earth 

 will continue to be iinlike. We must beware of supposing that de- 

 veloped societies will become universal. As with organic evolution, 

 so with super-organic evolution, the production of higher forms does 

 not involve extinction of all lower forms. As superior species of 

 animals, while displacing certain inferior species that compete with 

 them, leave many other inferior species in possession of inferior habi- 

 tats, so the superior types of societies, while displacing those inferior 

 types occupying localities they can utilize, will not displace inferior 



