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XII. HEREDITARY INEFFICIENCY . . . . . 299 



The art of living. Mutual help preserves the incapa- 

 ble. The easy world. Poverty not pauperism. Degen- 

 eration of the inactive. The tribe of Ishmael. Paupers 

 as parasites. Pauperism a factor in government. Cor- 

 ruption fund of public charity. Foreign immigration. 

 Taking away the " freedom which is thraldom to sin." 



XIII. THE WOMAN OF EVOLUTION AND THE WOMAN 



OF PESSIMISM . . . 3 12 



Primary meaning of sex. Primal equality of sexes. 

 Specialization of germ cells. Specialization of the em- 

 bryo. Maternity and companionship. Woman not un- 

 developed man. The altruism of parenthood. The 

 philosophy of pessimism. The philosophy of evolution. 

 Schopenhauer's essay on woman. Woman a modified 

 man. Inefficiency of woman. Beauty of young girls. 

 Beauty as a weapon. Triviality of women. Early ma- 

 turity of woman. Kindness of woman. Deceit of 

 woman. Woman lives for the species. Trade jealousy 

 among women. The unaesthetic sex. No mastery of 

 art. Philistinism of woman. The sexes unequal. 

 Woman in European society. The lady-nuisance. The 

 laws of marriage. Dependence of woman. The lord- 

 nuisance. Blindness of pessimism. Woman from man's 

 standpoint. Unnatural competition. Evolution of the 

 home. Freedom of man. For each defect a historic 

 cause. Force breeds deceit. The equal marriage. Being 

 a woman. Release from work not idleness. 



XIV. THE STABILITY OF TRUTH 334 



Assaults on the integrity of science. The secret of 

 power. Human experience the basis of knowledge. 

 Knowledge and belief. Views of the Marquis of Salis- 

 bury. Views of Arthur J. Balfour. Human experience 

 not objective. Ineffectiveness of reason. The nature of 

 self. The terms of human experience. The measure of 

 a man. Nature of sanity. The infinite understanding. 

 The test of truth. The matter philosophy deals with. 



