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products of the embryo. Thus the mother is left with 

 a greater freedom of movement in her own behalf, 

 while at the same time all her vital resources may be 

 quickly mobilized in behalf of her young. 



This elaborate, direct action system of parental al- 

 truism, in which parental nutrition, respiration, excre- 

 tion, incubation, protection, and transportation are ef- 

 fectively combined into one prolonged organized ser- 

 vice, is still further supplemented by suckling the 

 young, and feeding them in other ways, for a consid- 

 erable period after birth; by carrying them about from 

 place to place; and by guarding and guiding them, 

 without stint or limit, up to the full extent of parental 

 powers. 



3. Male Attributes. The male on the other hand 

 is generally a physiological spendthrift, expending, as 

 fast as they accrue, his organic profits in bodily ac- 

 tivity, and in exuberant local growths. Hence, as a 

 rule, the male is smaller, more active, more profusely 

 ornamented, than the female. 



These initial defects in his character, so to speak, 

 are the sources of his virtues; the means by which he 

 ultimately makes his own peculiar contributions to 

 life. His persistent extravagance in architectural de- 

 tails, in color, and in action is in reality a recurrent 

 investment for the discovery of more particular phases 

 of constructive action. It provides him with the varied 

 equipment essential to a life of exploration and ad- 

 venture. Ultimately many of these apparently wasted 

 efforts and useless properties, find their constructive 

 outlets, and are utilized as cooperative instruments not 

 only to a larger life for himself, his mate, and for his 

 offspring, but for life at large. 



