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ii6 Ellen Key
joyous harmony between the physical and
spiritual needs. Her mission is to hold the
balance between the extreme poles of physical
desires and asceticism. And through her posi-
tive chastity—not negative purity—spiritu-
ality is kept alive in the marriage relation. Her
mother natiire has not the physical strength
that man has, and this influences her mental-
ity, which thereby lacks the larger creative
power. If she is a happy wife and mother, she
must be a secular genius worthily to fill all
the duties of the home and, at the same time,
attend to outside activities. Whether mother
or not, she is called by her very nature to dis-
perse her forces among the little details so im-
portant for the home, which, though smaller
links in the world chain, would cause life to
collapse if they were broken away.
In the marriage relation, Ellen Key de-
mands full mutual freedom, equality, and love
as its only ground. Her desire in the many
recurring articles has been to give to the pre-
sent age a fresh point of view, and a new
appraisal of love.
She believes in htimanity's development
according to natural law, through its own
powers to achieve the earthly harmony which
is its goal. Not only does she lay bare the
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