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102 PROBLEMS CONFRONTING RUSSIA
tragedies which fall upon the victims of that barbaric and
mediaeval conception of marriage as an indissoluble compact
riveting partners together to the end of their lives.
There is nothing miraculous, nothing infinite in marriage,
nor in the reason for its existence and the purpose it has to
serve. Marriage was made for man, not man for marriage.
If individual happiness is not achieved by marriage, such
relationship should cease to exist. To set free couples who
crave to be relieved of their marriage ties is serving the
laws of nature and morality, which are both opposed to
force where only love should prevail, and a true benefit
is conferred upon humanity by thus intercepting sterility
and ill-bred posterity.
The coming social reconstruction will involve the
application of practical methods of eugenics in all its aspects
regarding marriage, much to the progress of humanity towards
greater well-being, efficiency, and happiness.
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