ON THE MANUSCRIPTS OF GOD 



preferences" of the opposite sex, and that 

 this psychical coloration may be "protec- 

 tive," "typical," "alluring," "warning," or 

 "mimetic." 



Still farther one might follow the trail of 

 the polka dot, did it not lead into a region 

 somewhat preempted by the clergy, who 

 pray for a passport which shall read "with- 

 out spot or wrinkle or any such thing," thus 

 plainly admitting the existence of the polka 

 dot in the moral world as well. Neverthe- 

 less, even here (if the laity may be allowed 

 to speak in a gentle and tentative tone) , one 

 is haunted by a doubt whether a soul with- 

 out a single spot or wrinkle not a single 

 one, be it understood would draw us so 

 humanly and tenderly as one with just a few 

 endearing moral freckles. 



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