Family and Society 



gregarious or social life usages and customs had 

 arisen. No reason for these was ever asked, but 

 they were the raw material out of which laws 

 and Institutions were made, or the germs from 

 which these blessings sprang. 



In the Aryan tribe community of descent, real 

 or fictitious, was the bond of membership. Evi- 

 dently the family, whatever its origin or charac- 

 ter, was a unit or conception of great power. 

 The clan government must control the family, 

 as the family controls Its Individual members. 

 It may be very rude or tyrannical. It must be 

 strong and firm. Despotism was far better than 

 anarchy. 



The savage has not one tenth of the freedom 

 which we enjoy. He has very little which he 

 can call his own. Property and ownership are 

 modern ideas. His actions are trammeled in a 

 great variety of ways, which seem to us unneces- 

 sary and ridiculous. The laws to which he 

 must render obedience seem often unreasonable. 

 Above all Is the terrible pressure of usage and 

 custom. Everything must be done as it always 

 has been. And this tyranny and despotism were 

 absolutely necessary to hold men together until 

 society could gain form and cohesion. It was 



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