Up to this point the Weimar constitution does not present any marked evidence of the circumstances under which it came into being. In comparison with the imperial constitution it may fairly be regarded as revolutionary, but considered by itself it is merely an advancedly democratic instrument with provisions insuring thoroughly parliamentary government in the best sense of the word. It is not until one reaches the articles dealing with social and economic life, the church and the school that the traces of Socialist influence become unmistakable. There, however, they are found on every page, beginning with the declaration that "motherhood has a right to the protection and care of the state," followed by an article providing that "illegitimate children are to be granted by legislation the same conditions for their bodily, mental and social development as are granted to legitimate children." Essentially, of course, neither provision is especially Socialistic, but both really represent a compromise with the parties of the Left. The Majority Socialists tried to have an article inserted giving to illegitimate children full rights of inheritance with legitimate children of their father's estate, and the right to bear his name. The motion was defeated, 167 to 129 votes. The Independent Socialists wanted a provision protecting women civil servants who become mothers of illegitimate children, and granting them the right to be addressed as _Frau_ (Mrs.) instead of _Fraeulein_ (Miss). This, too, was defeated. Other articles due to Socialist advocacy, some of a principal nature, others merely doctrinaire, are: Providing that legal rights may not be refused to any association because it has a political, politico-social or religious aim; Providing that "no person is obliged to state his religious belief"; Disestablishing the state church; Providing for secular (non-religious) schools, freeing teachers from the duty to give religious instruction, and permitting parents or guardians to free their children from religious instruction; Providing that "the cultivation and use of land is a duty which the owner owes to the community.[83] Increase in value of the land which is not due to labor or the investment of capital in it is to be utilized for the good of the people"; [83] This is an interesting novelty as to real estate, but the principle is by no means new, being well established in patent law. Failure to exploit a patent right may lead to its loss. "Property imposes obligations. Its enjoyment shall be at the same time a service for the common weal"; Directing the dissolution of entailed estates; Declaring that civil servants "are servants of the whole people, not of a party."