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butions of qualities as already indicated by the harmonic 

 theory of development j that is, of the unequal posses- 

 sion of features which belong to different periods in the 

 developmental succession of the highest. And here it 

 might be further shown that this relation involves no 

 disadvantage to either sex, but that the principle of 

 compensation holds in moral organization and in social 

 order, as elsewhere. There is then another beautiful 

 harmony which will ever remain, let the development of 

 each sex be extended as far as it may. 



(c.) In Men. If we look at the male sex, we shall 

 find various exceptional approximations to the female in 

 mental constitution. Further, there can be little doubt 

 that in the Indo-European race maturity in some re- 

 spects appears earlier- in tropical than in northern 

 regions ; and though subject to many exceptions, this is 

 sufficiently general to be looked upon as a rule. Ac- 

 cordingly, we find in that race at least in the warmer 

 regions of Europe and America a larger proportion of 

 certain qualities which are more universal in women ; 

 as greater activity of the emotional nature when com- 

 pared with the judgment ; an impressibility of the ner- 

 vous center, which, cczteris paribus, appreciates quickly 

 the harmonies of sound, form and color ; answers most 

 quickly to the friendly greeting or the hostile menace ; 

 is more careless of consequences in the material expres- 

 sion of generosity or hatred, and more indifferent to 

 truth under the influence of personal relations. The 

 movements of the body and expressions of the counte- 

 nance answer to the temperament. More of grace and 

 elegance in the bearing mark the Greek, the Italian 

 and the Creole, than the German, the Englishman or the 

 Green Mountain man. More of vivacity and fire, for 



