CHANGING IDENTITIES 



which is given him shall come into his life, and 

 unto death. 



PROPOSITION XXII. 



In the reproduction of living identities by the 

 co-operation of two sexes, each sex contributes a 

 part to form that mould, wherein the new identity 

 must needs be formed by universal force of uni- 

 versal matter. 



All animals are either male or female, and their 

 offspring are the product of both. 



In many plants we can clearly observe two sexes. 

 Yet female and male are similar identities. 



"Bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh," said 

 Adam of Eve. 



Many plants have both male and female blossoms 

 on the same stalk and even in the same blossom. 



And, then again, it seems impossible to observe 

 sexuality in some plants, and we say that they 

 grow from the roots or slips. 



And a great many plants will grow from seeds 

 which are the product of two sexes, and also from 

 root or slip. And in either case the identical plant 

 will be reproduced. 



It is evident that the new identity cannot be a 

 primary identity, because two sexes have pro- 

 duced it and a primary identity cannot consist of 

 two halves. 



And, because this new identity, which is the 

 product of two sexes, will again, in the future, 



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