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nationally. For there are few of us who wish to give 

 up our place among the nations or to see our race dwindle 

 away to disappearance as did that of ancient Greece. 

 (3) Lastly we must not look at things too biologi- 

 cally or too materialistically. We are body-and-mind 

 creatures, personalities, and the greatest thing in human 

 life is love. If we jettison this we are sacrificing one of 

 the treasures that make our voyage worth while. If the 

 mode of life and thought we are settling down into tends 

 to materialistic views of marriage and having children, 

 no matter what we secure, we are missing the substance 

 for the shadow. We must not allow the word artificial 

 to be a bogie, but no substitution of mechanical control 

 for moral control can ever be regarded with entire 

 equanimity. If we lose the chivalry and tenderness of 

 lovers, the joyousness of the Springtime of the heart, 

 the adventurousness of early marriage, and the delight 

 of having children while we are^young enough to sympa- 

 thise with them, we are missing the fragrant flowers 

 of life. 



