ure of successful achievement than of
bitter failure, else would life not go on. Marriage at its highest is
yet to be used in any adequate measure as the theme of the artist and
the stimulant of response to art.

The day will come when "Main Street" will reveal its best and not its
worst; its richest, and not its poorest products, for the satisfaction
of universal sentiment.

QUESTIONS ON HUSBANDS AND WIVES

1. Are there any subjects upon which husbands and wives must be
in substantial agreement in order to secure a successful
marriage? If so, what are some of them?

2. Are there any radical differences in belief, respecting
religion, politics, education of children, ways of living,
business relationship, etc., which marriage may successfully
bridge, provided there is genuine and faithful affection? If
so, name some of them.

3. How can "engaged" couples make sure that essentials of
agreement, and non-essentials of agreement to differ, are well
understood in advance?

4. Are there any new spiritual relationships of men and women in
marriage made possible by the modern tendency toward the
democratization of the family? If so, what are some of them?

FOOTNOTES:

[7] This bill, the so-called "Cable Act," was passed September 22,
1922.

CHAPTER VIII

THE CHILDREN OF THE FAMILY

The human being arrives:

"Immense have been the preparations for me,
Faithful and friendly the arms that have helped me;
Cycles ferried my cradle, rowing and rowing like cheerful boatmen;
For room to me the stars kept aside in their own rings,
They sent influences to look after what was to hold me;
Before I was born out of my mother generations guided me,
And forces have been steadily employed to complete and delight me;
Now, on this spot I stand with my robust soul."
--WALT WHITMAN.

"The child grows up in a setting of social functions of a type
higher always than that of his private accomplishment. He must grow
by gradual absorption of copies, patterns and examples."--BALDWIN.

"He is happy who comes with healthy body into the world; much more
he who goes with healthy spirit out of it. Nature has implanted
within us the seeds of learning, of virtue, and of piety; to bring
these to maturity is the object of education. All men require
education, and God has made children unfit for other empl