Revival: The Evolution of Modern Marriage (1930) by Franz Carl Muller-Lyer

Author:Franz Carl Muller-Lyer [Muller-Lyer, Franz Carl]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780815374763
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Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2019-01-29T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER IV

PHASES OF MARRIAGE1

The recognition of truth at first often excites alarm, but it always brings enhancement and elevation to existence.

REMOTE ANTIQUITY2

WE know nothing definite about the rise of marriage nor about geneonomic conditions in primeval times. This great gap in our knowledge is deplorable, since the prehistoric period under any circumstances must be considered to transcend widely both in significance and duration all later epochs of civilization. In this period the first distinctive achievements of civilization were made; speech was invented, fire was first put to use, and man was moulded to the “eternal type” that he has remained ever since, in so far as inborn characteristics are concemed.3 Also in regard to its duration this prehistoric period is significantly more extensive than the following periods of evolution. The relative duration of the various phases may be illustrated by laying before us a metre rule and marking off the first 70 centimetres for prehistory, some 20 centimetres for the clan epoch, 10 centimetres for the family epoch, and only leaving the last few millimetres for the now dawning personal phase.

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