Excerpt from Principles of the Commonwealth, a TreatiseIn another aspect, all greater human societies are founded upon the original society, that which precedes them all - the family, and this aspect is perfectly congruous with the former, in that the essence of domestic relations is reciprocal duty. This is not a postulate, although a position practically as important as if it were, for a race of responsible beings, in all respects like the human race, save in being destitute of the domestic institution, is conceivable.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.