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taught to respond to the stimuli consequent to 

 every act Discipline is of the strong and is 

 best inculcated by those most like the one 

 who acquires it. 



In this delineation of the natural powers of 

 men and women I have reversed the posi- 

 tion ordinarily given to them. Men are usu- 

 ally thought to have character and decision, 

 while indecision and a lack of purpose are 

 the usual charges against women. The popu- 

 lar view, however, emphasizes the primitive 

 characteristics of the two sexes and not those 

 manifested in advanced races. The primitive 

 man is decisive, but it is an alertness due to 

 wrath. Take away this one motive and he is 

 the embodiment of indecision. So, too, primi- 

 tive women hesitate, but it is a hesitation due 

 to fear. This one motive typifies the char- 

 acter of primitive women as wrath does that 

 of men. A strong, vivid bodily state makes 

 men act and women hesitate. Exclude these 

 bodily states and the popular notion of men 

 and women fails. Wrath and fear are bodily 

 states, not mental characters; they are dif- 

 fused conditions, not specially located powers. 



