Table of Contents
Prelude: "Defending the Triangle" Dale Ahlquist 9
Introduction Dale Ahlquist 15
1 The Family … and the World 21
Poem: The House of Christmas 21
"Quotations" 22
Essays and Excerpts:
Where History Begins 27
The Story of the Family 27
On Certain Modern Writers and the Institution of the Family 38
What Is the Institution of the Family? 49
The Alternative to the Family 54
2 Love … and Sex 57
Poem: The Strange Music 57
"Quotations" 58
Essays and Excerpts:
To Frances 62
Two Stubborn Pieces of Iron 68
The Essence of Romance 69
Free Love in Literature 70
The Next Heresy 72
A Fury 73
Sex and Property 74
3 Marriage … and Divorce 77
Poem: Creation Day 77
"Quotations" 77
Essays and Excerpts:
A Defence of Rash Vows 81
The Decay of Honour 87
Marriage and the Modern Mind 89
Incompatible 96
The Freedom of Marriage 97
The Bonds of Love 100
Scientific Marriage 106
On Divorce and Divinity 109
Murder and Marriage 110
The Eccentricity of Marriage 113
Divorce and Slavery 115
The Tragedies of Marriage 120
Mr. and Mrs. Macbeth 127
4 Babies … and Birth Control 135
Poem: By the Babe Unborn 135
"Quotations" 135
Essays and Excerpts:
A Defence of Baby-Worship 144
Three Foes of the Family 148
Social Reform vs. Birth Control 151
Babies and Distributism 153
Birth and Brain Control 157
Blasphemy and the Baby 159
Scipio and the Children 161
The Large Family 163
5 Parents … and Public Education 165
Poem 165
"Quotations" 165
Essays and Excerpts:
Turning Inside Out 170
Playgrounds for Adults 180
The Distributist Schoolmaster 183
On Dangerous Toys 186
Boyhood and Militarism 190
The Child of the Servile State 191
6 Home … and Work 193
Poem: A Song of Education 193
"Quotations" 194
Essays and Excerpts: A Song of Education
The Wildness of Domesticity 199
The Drift from Domesticity 202
The Emancipation of Domesticity 212
The Dignity of Domesticity 215
Women in the Workplace-and in the Home 219
The Feminist and the Factory 224
A Feminist Fallacy 225
Head of the House 226
The Equality of Sexlessness 227
On Household Gods and Goblins 229
Postlude: A Closing Thought from G. K. Chesterton 237