142 REPRODUCTION 



other comforts of life. But beneath all of this and equally- 

 important with the other needs is the need of reproduc- 

 tion and mating. This is what makes the home as we have 

 seen, and it is on the home and the family that our 

 modern society rests. 



The monogamous home, where one man and one woman 

 live faithfully together and rear their children in sympathy 

 and sacrifice, this is the cornerstone of the particular form 

 of society that we know. No other forms of mating will 

 give us the home as we know it, nor society as we have it. 

 There are of course still many crude and wrong things 

 about our homes and our society, for we are still selfish 

 and animal in many ways, but we are sure that no other 

 form of marriage would furnish so good a means of rear- 

 ing children and of giving them a permanent home and a 

 start in life — and this is the prime work of society. 

 Possibly this little book has helped you appreciate how 

 much of your own happiness and chance you owe to the 

 principles we have studied. Surely then you will strive 

 to do your full part to keep the stream of life clear and 

 pure for your own sake and for those who are to come 

 after. 



