Those who feel that it is, lose something precious from the basis of human affection.

The adjustment of this old bond to the new individualistic life is not yet made even in the Western world, while in the Eastern the vital problems of family adjustment press in supreme unrest.

The one principle that should guide us in this as in all inheritance from the past is surely this, that while the sacredness of personality of any one member of any group, even of the family, shall not be wholly sacrificed to the needs and demands of any other member, yet "they that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak" in the old spirit of unselfish service.
QUESTIONS ON BROTHERS, SISTERS, AND NEXT OF KIN 1.

In the monogamic system of the family what, in general, has been the legal responsibility toward blood kin?
2.

Is the inherited legal and social responsibility for the care and well-being of relatives lessened at the present time?
If so, is that for good or for ill in the wider social fabric?
3.