[CJ] Any sex-order for breeding purposes must be a public institution, and such an institution would be the worst slavery history has ever seen. Mardach (The Tragedy of Man, twelfth scene) gives in his drama a true picture of the tyranny of such institutions. The hero and heroine of the drama are Adam and Eve, who are repeatedly reincarnated at different important periods in the history of the world but do not know who they are. At the different incarnations they always happen to meet and fall in love with each other. The last reincarnation on this earth takes place several thousand years after our present era. At the end of the twelfth scene, Adam is present, when the old man or judge of the town (called at that period Phalanster) disposes of children and wives. Two women, one of them the reincarnated Eve, arrive with their young children, and the judge, upon the advice of the scientist, decides which trade they should learn. FIRST SCENE JUDGE. Scientist! Examine the skulls of these two children. SCIENTIST. This child should be brought up to be a physician, the other to be a shepherd. JUDGE. Out with them. EVE. Do not touch him! This is my child. Who dares to tear him away from his mother-breast? JUDGE. Take him away! Why tarry with him any longer? EVE. My child, my child! Did not I nourish thee with my heart-blood? Where is the power that may rend this holy bond? Shall I disclaim thee forever, that thou mayest be lost in the crowd, and my searching eye, in restless fear, shall in vain look for thee among a hundred similar phalanster-types? ADAM. O friend, if ought is sacred to you, leave this child to his poor mother. JUDGE. You play, oh stranger, a daring game! If we allow the revival of the conquered prejudice, formerly called the family, then the acquisitions of our present science will tumble at once. EVE. What is to me your frozen science? May it fall, where nature’s voice speaks. JUDGE. Well! will it be done soon? (_The child is carried away._) EVE. My child, my child! (_Eve faints._) SECOND SCENE JUDGE. These two women are not mated yet. Those who wish them for pairing come forward. ADAM. Upon this woman make I claim. JUDGE. Scientist! What is thy opinion? SCIENTIST. The man sentimental, the woman nervous, an unhealthy issue would be the result. This pair fits not together. ADAM. Still I shall not let her go, if she wishes me. EVE. Magnanimous man, I am thine. ADAM. I love thee, oh woman, with the whole fervor of my heart! EVE. Also I, this I feel, will forever love thee. SCIENTIST. Why, this is madness. Strange, indeed, to see reappear the spirit of bygone ages in our enlightened world. How comes this? ADAM. It is a late ray of light from paradise. JUDGE. It is pitiable.