Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . ct and was the rule from the be- sentiment of „,.. r single marriage. ginning. The union of oneman with one woman, perpetually de-voted the one to the other, was the fun-damental concept of the creative relationand of the outward fact called the appears, moreover, that this unionamong the Aryan peoples has alwaysbeen based on the sentiment of affection. 648 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. A preference, loving- and
Ridpath's history of the world; being an account of the ethnic origin, primitive estate, early migrations, social conditions and present promise of the principal families of men .. . ct and was the rule from the be- sentiment of „,.. r single marriage. ginning. The union of oneman with one woman, perpetually de-voted the one to the other, was the fun-damental concept of the creative relationand of the outward fact called the appears, moreover, that this unionamong the Aryan peoples has alwaysbeen based on the sentiment of affection. 648 GREAT RACES OF MANKIND. A preference, loving- and tender, hasalways existed, at least a preference ofthe man for the woman. It is doubtful,indeed, if the preference of the womanfor the man has ever been wholly ig-nored in any Aryan tribe. It is truethat the idea of ownership, the beliefand practice that the man was not only strong contradistinction to the polyga-mous practices of the Semitic races and thepolyandry of many of the The Aryanbarbarian families of man- emhientiy mon-kind, the single marriage the Aryan household stands preemi-nent. Further on we shall see that thisprinciple of monogamy was so strong. MODERN HOUSES OF THE SAPTA SINDHU.—Village in the Koulou.—Drawn by G. Vuillier, from a photograph. the possessor but the owner of the woman,has prevailed among many of even theleading peoples of our race. But aclose study of primitive conditions willshow that even at the earliest emergencefrom barbarism some—even much—def-erence was given to the sentiments andinstincts of the woman. However this may be, the monogamicrelation is certain and definite. In among the Greeks and Romans as to beby them communicated and forced uponthe prevalent social, political, and reli-gious systems of the world. In the valley of the Indus the primitiveAryan household was or- _ . _ J % t Institution of ganized on these principles, the family, office . , , Mj . r of the mother. A house was built. A la-ther declared himsel
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