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Unless we are progressing toward a woman-made social order it is imperative that men carry on to a logical conclusion what they have begun.

“Charity begins at home” is one of the many maxims that were originated with a far different connotation from that which they have since acquired. Charity (Latin Caritas) originally meant “dearness” or “fondness” and once had an erotic flavour that it has since lost. The only place for sexual love is in marriage and its having escaped from this, like a captured thing, reflects not so much on itself as on the unnaturalness of its captivity. True erotism has practically fled from most marriages, leaving only an empty shell. Men should reflect that nothing is more necessary for the upbuilding of a real civilization than the personal lives of the individuals themselves. Penetratingly thoughtful men realize that the present state of civilization is diseased throughout, and that it “is not in our stars but in ourselves,” that we are to rely for advance.