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Domestic Virtues McLennan s Theory of the 

 Evolution of the Family Form of Capture, Wife- 

 stealing, Exogamy, Infanticide, Kinship through 

 Females Fallacy of supposing a Universal, Uni 

 form Development Absolute Promiscuity a mere 

 Fancy The Facts of Infanticide, Wife -stealing, 

 Polyandry, Exogamy, do not warrant McLennan s 

 Conclusions Morgan s Theory Infers Family 

 from System of Relationship The Malayan Sys 

 tem gives the Consanguine Family, and the Tura 

 nian the Punaluan The Pairing, the Patriarchal, 

 and the Monogamous Families Aryan System of 

 Relationship This Theory follows the Process of 

 Logical Determination rather than Historical Facts 

 Consanguine Family, on which all depends, a 

 Baseless Myth Malayan System of Relationship 

 not based on Blood-ties ; it is merely a Classifica 

 tion of Generations Nor would the Consanguine 

 Family account for it Explanation of the Tura 

 nian System different from Morgan s The other 

 Families examined Difficulty of determining the 

 Development of the Family Fallacy in Professor 

 Robertson Smith s Method Facts, not Theories, 

 concern the Moralist Some Facts concerning 

 Limited Promiscuity, Kinship through Females, 

 Settling in the Tent of the Woman, Infidelity, 

 Maidenly Inchastity, Sale of Wives, Incest 

 Chastity not a part of the Content of the Moral 

 Law Universal But even the Relativist must 

 agree that the Moral Law has some Absolute Con 

 tentTestimony of Civilized and Uncivilized Mo 

 rality Points of Difference explained The Posi 

 tion of Woman Her Glory under the Roman 

 Empire Her Present and Future Position The 

 Operation of Divorce overlooked Science cannot 

 tell what ought to be, . . . 201 



