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and the more katabolic and we need them 

 combined in different ways in men and 

 women. We cannot eliminate women and 

 have men because men happen to be a bit 

 stronger, nor can we eliminate the anabolic 

 or katabolic because the other has more in- 

 dividual strength. Anabolism in men gives 

 clear logical thought; in women it makes 

 good mothers. Katabolism in men makes 

 them strong, active, and productive; in 

 women, it gives instructive, sympathetic, and 

 emotional action. If struggle eliminates sym- 

 pathy and emotion from women, it eliminates 

 at the same time the strength and energy of 

 men, because both these sets of qualities 

 represent the tendencies in beings toward 

 katabolism. Good mothers and clear thinking 

 in men also belong together and represent 

 the anabolic tendency. It is a commonplace 

 that great men have good mothers, but the 

 reason for it is more physical than at first 

 appears. It is not that as a good mother 

 she influences the character of her son, but 

 that men are internally what women are ex- 

 ternally, so that physical heredity of the 



