num_pages: 18
description: DEAR BRETHREN-You cannot be ignorant of the danger which threatens a noble nation - our near neighbour: a nation in which despite this danger there still remains vast reserves of generosity and greatness of soul. In 1800 there were in each family in France four or five children on an average; in 1860 there were not more than three; in 1905 there were only two. Taking the homes of France as they are at present and setting aside 11 percent as occupied by bachelors over thirty years of age we discover that nearly 15 percent. have no children at all; 22 percent. have one child 20 percent. have two 13 percent. have three; and at the very most 18 percent have more than three children.
language: English
title: The Duties Of Married Life
publisher: None