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THE INTERESTS OF POSTERITY 193
more than 4 dessiatinas (nearly 11 acres) per head of the
population. Russia has reserves of fertile land which
exceeds 16 dessiatinas per head of the population. A
simple calculation proves that she can keep 500 million
souls. This is borne out by the statistical figures
established by the celebrated analytical chemist Mendeleeff in
his " Researches on the Vital Forces of Russia," and is of
the greatest possible value for the future of the Aryan
race, which in its ultimate instance lies with the Russian.
It has been said jokingly : " Rouskaya baba Pobedeet "—
the Russian woman will win ! And so it will be in the
long run.
According to Tolstoy : " The ideal woman is one who
having assimilated the highest life-conception and life-faith
that she is acquainted with, abandons herself to the feminine
instincts irresistibly implanted in her mind, and produces,
rears, and educates children capable of working for the good
of mankind according to the life-conception she has
assimilated." A well-known medical authority, Dr. R.
Murray-Leslie, recommends that " a woman should only develop
intellectually along lines that are consonant with the natural
development of her capacity for race creativeness." This
is practical wisdom that runs counter to modern opinion,
which does not look upon marriage and motherhood as
woman’s chief aim. But civilised humanity is at present in
a grave predicament to which women alone can come to the
rescue. More than ever, therefore, women should realise
what the race demands from them and the direction in
which their plain duty lies.
Having thus so far cleared the ground from a general
point of view, let us now treat the subject in detail,
suggesting measures which would assure the interests of posterity.
The war, with its dreadful waste of human material, and
the steadily decreasing birth-rate, has added to the
practical importance of the science of systematising the
rearing of proficient humanity. People are nowadays
particularly anxious that the institution of marriage
should come under more favourable conditions for the
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