The Archive · 1928

Another Modern Delusion

A crowd which filled all sents i a New York Church recently heard Count Hermann Keyserling, Get man philosopher, deliver a ie: ture fon "Is the Institution of Mcnoga~ mous Marriage Destined to Endure?" The answer was an em-photic "Of course, it w The facts of married life have hardly ever changed since the time in biology, nature far more real than any theories about it can be, and accepted as such until the 1. generation," he said. "Now, for the firet time in history, marriage has become problematical, order, Man is biologically monogamour Tdeal existence under present marriage customs is an impossibility, said Dr. A. A, Brill, psychiain a similar type of lecture en "Companionate Marriage Pay choanalyzed."" age will Brill said, largely because it is dependent on almost' the same conditions fis marriage itself. Jealousy will be found in companiorate marriage and cannot be eliminated. Free love fis another beautiful delusion, Very seldom do a man and woman tire of each other at the same time. When one becomes tired, the other will do everything possible to prevent the dissolution of the relationship. So far-us can be seen there is no ideal solution to the problema day marriage in any of "The present change in attitude toward marriage is' more radical than it ever was. That is because

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