CONTENTS. xi 



to Character Study Each Factor an Unknown Quantity Factors in 

 Opposition Variations Explained Factors Differ in Strength Variations 

 Through Parental Differences Fixed vs. Acquired Characters The He- 

 brew Character All Seeming Contradictions Explicable -No Exceptions 

 to the Law of Heredity Remote Factors Considered Planetary Influ- 

 ences The Solar System an Organism Magnetic Relation of Planets 

 Effects of Planetary Changes. 



VII. PARENTAL ADAPTATION 105119 



Marriage Is Natural The Importance of Adaptation The Basis of 

 Marriage What Constitutes Marriage Legal Bondage Inharmony Af- 

 fects Offspring The Search for a Law Finding a Mate Degrees of 

 Adaptability Looking for the Impossible Natural Affinities The Basis 

 of Adaptation Three Rules for Marriage No Law Applicable to All 

 Unfavorable Unions Married, But Not Mated Children of Unmated 

 Parents Should Like Marry Like? The Law of Complements The 

 Dream of the Sentimentalist Love's Mismatches Two Rulers in One 

 Household Children from Parents of Like Temperaments Tempera- 

 mental Requirements The Union of Sanguine Temperaments The Law 

 of Sex Adaptation Masculinity and Femininity The Law of Attractions 

 Masculine Women and Feminine Men Discernment of Adaptation 

 Family Resemblance a Key to Adaptation Soul Harmony Love's Lan- 

 guage The Basis of Soul Harmony Organic Quality in Nature Soul 

 Vibrations Why Some Cannot Understand Each Other Natures That 

 Do Not Blend Composite Children. 



VIII. SEX POTENCY 120134 



The Mystery of Sex The Creative Principle of Life A Bubbling 

 Spring of Joy The Three Functions of Sex Influence of Sex Power 

 The Development of Manhood and Womanhood Kings and Queens of 

 Society Virtue Is Its Own Reward Supreme Cause of Degeneracy Few 

 Know Their Possibilities The Old Serpent Science and Tradition Agree 

 A Hint to the Wise The Secret of Eternal Youth Magnetism Defined 

 Voluntary and Involuntary Magnetism Silent Forces Rule the World 

 Magnetism and Character The Secret of Eloquence Power of Personal 

 Magnetism Nature Proclaims Her Wisdom Magnetism, Marriage and 

 Parentage The Nature and Duality of Love Objective and Subjective 

 Affinity The Love of Men and W T omen Differ Magnetism and Matrimony 

 Love Rules the Life Love vs. Magnetic Attraction Determining the 

 Character of the Affections What Separates Souls Contradictory Feel- 

 ings Explained A Practical Demonstration How to Choose Aright 

 The Three-Fold Character of Love A Perfect Union Sex Potency and 

 Heredity rThe Limitations of Parenthood The Sons of Great Men 

 Children Superior to the Parents. 



IX. DUAL PARENTAGE 135 142 



Dual Parentage and Evolution Dr. Jordan on Bisexual Parentage 

 The Three Great Races The Combining of Races The Formation of 

 Nationalities The Blending of Family Traits Every Child a Compound 

 of Its Parents Combining of Morbid Conditions Results of Favorable 

 Unions A Born Genius Bad Combinations The Formation of a Criminal 

 A Boy Vicious from Birth Endless Variety Through Dual Parentage 

 Where Parental Natures Do Not Blend Relative Influence of Parents 

 Family Resemblances A Law of Heredity. 



