Maternal Instinct, Merely As An Instinct, Is

(i Would Not Say It To A Living Soul, Of Course, But This Is Dead Paper And A Great Relief To My Mind

I Do Not Want To Be A Fly,i Want To Be A Worm!

It Cannot Be Too Strongly Asserted That The Insistence On Blind, Unreasoning Faith Is Due Mainly To The Maintenance Of A Subject-matter Upon Which There Was No Knowledge, Namely The 'other World'; And That This Basis Was Assumed Because Of Early Man's Preoccupation With Death. It Is, Unfortunately, Quite Possible To Believe A Thing Which Is Contradicted By Facts, Especially If The Facts Are Not Generally Known; But If The Whole Position On Which We Rested Our Religions Had Been Visibly Opposed By What We Did Know, Even The Unthinking Masses Would, In Time, Have Noticed It.

Maternal Instinct, Merely As An Instinct, Is Unworthy Of Our Superstitious Reverence.

The Child Learns More Of The Virtues Needed In Modern Life-of Fairness, Of Justice, Of Comradeship, Of Collective Interest And Action-in A Common School Than Can Be Taught In The Most Perfect Family Circle