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Chapter 4

           forthestrengthofamanandthesoftnessofawoman,theinstitutionofthefamily,andthedifferentiationofoccupationsaremeremilitantnecessitiesofanageofphysicalforce; wherepopulationisbalancedandabundant,muchchildbearingbecomesanevilratherthanablessingtotheState; whereviolencecomesbutrarelyandoff-springaresecure,thereislessnecessityindeedthereisnonecessityforanefficientfamily,andthespecializationofthesexeswithreferencetotheirchildren’sneedsdisappears. Weseesomebeginningsofthiseveninourowntime,andinthisfutureageitwascomplete. This,Imustremindyou,wasmyspeculationatthetime. Later,Iwastoappreciatehowfaritfellshortofthereality. 

           ‘WhileIwasmusinguponthesethings,myattentionwasattractedbyaprettylittlestructure,likeawellunderacupola. Ithoughtinatransitorywayoftheoddnessofwellsstillexisting,andthenresumedthethreadofmyspeculations. Therewerenolargebuildingstowardsthetopofthehill,andasmywalkingpowerswereevidentlymiraculous,Iwaspresentlyleftaloneforthefirsttime. WithastrangesenseoffreedomandadventureIpushedonuptothecrest. 

           ‘ThereIfoundaseatofsomeyellowmetalthatIdidnotrecognize,corrodedinplaceswithakindofpinkishrustandhalfsmotheredinsoftmoss,thearm-restscastandfiledintotheresemblanceofgriffins’heads. Isatdownonit,andIsurveyedthebroadviewofouroldworldunderthesunsetofthatlongday. ItwasassweetandfairaviewasIhaveeverseen. Thesunhadalreadygonebelowthehorizonandthewestwasflaminggold,touchedwithsomehorizontalbarsofpurpleandcrimson. BelowwasthevalleyoftheThames,inwhichtheriverlaylikeabandofburnishedsteel. 

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