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and illustrates the application of the law to forms of government:

Extreme Golden Mean Extreme
Skepticism Reverence Fanaticism
Polygamy Monogamy Promiscuity
Starvation Nourishment Gluttony
Thirst Temperance Drunkenness
Stupidity Intelligence Insanity
Monotone Harmony Discord
Three or less Four wheels Five or more
Hibernation Rest Insomnia
Darkness Light Dazzle
Drought Moisture Flood

What skepticism is to religion, autocracy is to government; what fanaticism is to religion, democracy is to government; what reverence or worship is to religion, the republic is to government.

Polygamy, which means plural marriage, is to the domestic world what autocracy is to government; promiscuity, or free love, is to the domestic world what democracy is to government; monogamy, one man and one woman lawfully wedded, producing legitimate children and serving as a unit in society, is to the domestic world what the republic is to government.

In the world of food, starvation is to the individual what autocracy is to government: the aspirations of the people are starved. What gluttony is to the individual, democracy is to gov-