It was almost a principle of anthropological etiquette to speak of his artificially constructed historical series -- child-murder, polygyny, marriage by capture, matriarchal family -- in tones only of profoundest respect.

• 在原始历史学领域已经形成一种风气，只能以莫大的敬意谈论他那从杀婴经过一妻多夫制、抢劫婚姻到母权制家庭的人工编造的历史理论；