THE TRIUMPH OF LIFE 



zoa and egg-cells have divided themselves into 

 man and wife. These in turn see themselves 

 forced, for the purpose of securing a union of 

 these cells, to themselves enter into a certain re- 

 lation with each other. With the advance of 

 animal development and the increase of varia- 

 tion, they can not fuse themselves together. 

 Variations are utilized in drawing the sexes to- 

 gether. The sense organs, above all the eye, are 

 necessary in order to find another individual of 

 the same species, certainly in order to favor 

 certain ones in the choice. So the first treaty 

 of peace is formed on the sex side between two 

 individuals. This treaty may at ffa-st last for 

 only a moment. Those who are united one min- 

 ute may declare war against each other the next. 

 The wife spider eats the man in the midst of 

 the act of love. But the feeling of commu- 

 nity does not disappear. Finally man and wife 

 form an ideal association founded on respect. 

 Out of this comes a stage of real association for 

 protection. With the sex love comes a union 

 for the protection of the child. At first one of 

 the parents protects the egg, — ^that immature 

 offspring. Then both must help and for this; 

 purpose must remain together. The child has 

 created marriage, the permanent marriage. 

 From father, mother and child comes the fam- 

 ily. The family forms a new, unspeakably im- 

 portant center of crystalization in the great 



