io6 HEREDITY. 



True marriage is based, not alone upon admira- 

 The Basis of tion, confidence and love, but upon mental and 

 temperamental adaptability. Marriage is (i) a 

 psychological condition, a soul union ; ( 2 ) a men- 

 tal vow, a legal bond; and (3) a physiological 

 fact, a sacred function. The first is essential to 

 the health, happiness and soul growth of the in- 

 dividual; the second is essential to the proper 

 understanding of the contracting parties, the con- 

 tinuity of the home and the maintenance and pro- 

 tection of society ; the third is essential to the per- 

 petuity of the race and evolution of man. These 

 factors of m arriage are all indispensable 

 and therefore incomparable. The first is a holy 

 expression of two souls; the second is a natural 

 outgrowth of the first, a legitimate human bond ; 

 the third is a solemn duty and sacred privilege 

 arising from the other two. Without the first 

 condition there is no true marriage ; in its absence 

 Legal Bondage, the second becomes a farce and the third a crime. 

 Legal marriages based upon commercial interests, 

 magnetic attraction, base desires and other un- 

 worthy motives not only rob thousands of true 

 domestic happiness, but cause them to parent 

 nervous, inferior and even vicious children. 



Domestic inharmony materially affects off- 

 spring. Maudesley says, "If there be indifference, 

 AffectsOffspring.or repulsion, as happens sometimes where inter- 

 est instead of affection makes a marriage, there 

 cannot be that full and harmonious co-operation 

 necessary to the best propagation. * * * In- 

 sanity may be bred by unsuitable unions." 

 Schopenhauer says, "The miserable conditions of 

 the majority of men physically, mentally and mor- 



