It most decidedly did not spring from the legendary virtue and wonderful moral purity of the German character, which was nothing more than the freedom of the pairing family from the crying moral contradictions of monogamy.

• 这一进步决不是由于德意志人的什么传奇性的﹑神奇的酷爱道德纯洁的癖性所引起的，这种癖性可以归结为：对偶婚制实际上并不像一夫一妻制那样具有明显的道德矛盾。