{"product_id":"2940014187800","title":"Love-Marriage-Birth Control","description":"FOREWORD\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt the Church Congress held this autumn at Birmingham I was honoured by\u003cbr\u003ean invitation to speak on “Sexual Relationships.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe subject-matter of that speech has aroused widespread interest and\u003cbr\u003esome controversy. It is being published in response to numerous requests\u003cbr\u003eand because most of the reports, being of necessity condensed,\u003cbr\u003einadequately and even in some instances incorrectly set forth the views\u003cbr\u003eI endeavoured to champion; for any speech on a subject so difficult to\u003cbr\u003ehandle needs to be read in its entirety if misapprehensions are to be\u003cbr\u003eavoided.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd first, may I thank numerous correspondents; and those in\u003cbr\u003edisagreement equally with those in agreement with me. One and all they\u003cbr\u003ebear testimony, if indeed such were needed, to how widespread and\u003cbr\u003eresponsible is the interest on this question, and therefore to the\u003cbr\u003ewisdom of its full consideration. Amongst the letters are intimate human\u003cbr\u003edocuments which pathetically disclose, as does professional experience,\u003cbr\u003ehow frequently happiness is marred by ignorance of either the principles\u003cbr\u003eor the methods which should condition the true conception of sexual\u003cbr\u003erelationships.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI elected to deal with these relationships in their healthy rather than\u003cbr\u003etheir morbid aspects, because the study of health is a sure way to\u003cbr\u003elessen disease. Mere denunciations of evil serve but small purpose. The\u003cbr\u003eaim of statesmanship is rather to seek out causes and ponder over\u003cbr\u003eremedies, and prominent among remedies is surely the study of the\u003cbr\u003esignificance and purport of sex love in a well-ordered and Christian\u003cbr\u003ecommunity and provision for its healthy outlet. To this the first part\u003cbr\u003eof my speech was devoted. The view there upheld has brought forth a\u003cbr\u003elarge measure of agreement and no reasoned disagreement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe second part of my speech dealing with birth control (or what in\u003cbr\u003estrict accuracy should be called conception control) has aroused more\u003cbr\u003econtroversy, but I venture to think that some, at least, of the\u003cbr\u003ecriticism directed against my argument will disappear with a perusal of\u003cbr\u003ethis full text of my speech. Therein will be found condemnation of\u003cbr\u003einfertile marriages and a strong plea that children are essential to the\u003cbr\u003ehealth and happiness of man and woman, are necessary to each other and\u003cbr\u003eof vital importance to the nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe difference between my critics and myself is not as to the vital\u003cbr\u003enecessity of the family following marriage, but rather this—they would\u003cbr\u003elike to see the large families prevalent fifty years ago restored (and\u003cbr\u003ewhere means and circumstances are favourable, such large families may be\u003cbr\u003ethe source of much happiness); whereas under present-day conditions I\u003cbr\u003eshould regard them as seldom attainable and desirable, and would favour\u003cbr\u003esmaller families of children born at predetermined intervals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA married couple who have produced four children in twenty years cannot\u003cbr\u003ebe said to have ignored the precept “be fruitful and multiply and\u003cbr\u003ereplenish the earth” because they have so selected the times for the\u003cbr\u003econceptions of their children as to enable them to give those children a\u003cbr\u003ebetter upbringing rather than have selfishly left the sequence of their\u003cbr\u003eoffspring to blind chance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe argument that the nation should foster large families in order more\u003cbr\u003equickly to people the untenanted portions of the Empire, and so add to\u003cbr\u003ethe strength and wealth of the British Dominions, requires serious\u003cbr\u003eattention, not in isolation, but in conjunction with other\u003cbr\u003econsiderations, and calls forth varying opinions from economists.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn the other hand, emigration into _foreign_ lands would seem to be a\u003cbr\u003esource of weakness to a nation. The feeding, clothing and educating of a\u003cbr\u003eyoung Briton cost the nation a definite sum of money, say, £400; if at\u003cbr\u003ethe age of twenty, when he is ready to produce, that young Briton\u003cbr\u003eemigrates to a foreign state, he is a definite loss to the country of\u003cbr\u003ehis birth and the country of his adoption is the gainer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom another standpoint the criticism is made that I have not urged the\u003cbr\u003eparamount necessity of diminishing the population of these islands. With\u003cbr\u003ethe economic soundness of this view others are better fitted to deal,\u003cbr\u003ebut no economic considerations would outweigh the importance of child\u003cbr\u003elife inspiring the homes of the land, and if the number and sequence of\u003cbr\u003echildren can be regulated by the parents’ circumstances, these homes\u003cbr\u003ewill increase in number, will start when parents are younger and confer\u003cbr\u003egreater benefits alike on the family and the State.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069109485808,"sku":"2940014187800","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940014187800_p0.jpg?v=1763602710","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940014187800","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}