The great unmarried / by Walter M. Gallichan.

  • Walter M. Gallichan
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[1916]
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Credit: The great unmarried / by Walter M. Gallichan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    nations have feared celibacy as a source of national feebleness and the reduction of population. History will doubtless repeat itself in our own country, and the decimations of war may lead to the encouragement of marriage by the State and society. “In a state of nature the male is mostly poly¬ gamous,” says Strindberg. “ In most cases there is no obstacle to this, as there is plenty of food for the young ones (beasts of prey excepted); abnormalities, like un¬ mated females, do not exist in nature. But in civil¬ ised countries, when a man is lucky if he earns enough bread, it is a common occurrence, especially as the females are in preponderance. One ought to treat unmarried women with kindness, for their lot is a melancholy one.”