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of personal charms by the male, which involves on his 

 part 



a. The study of effect. 



b. Intention, with a definite end in view. 



c. Effort to please including gallantry. 



d. Knowledge of the value of 



1. Beauty of form, colour, or song 



2. Physical strength and courage. 



e. Rivalry or competition, with its attendant pas- 



sions jealousy, anger, pugnacity, and their 



results. 

 /. The eagerness or ardour of sexual love, which is 



apt to become excessive or morbid. 

 g. The exhibition of antics and foolery of various 



kinds. 

 h. Love of admiration and approbation including 



vanity and dandyism. 



i. The estimation or calculation of advantages. 

 On the part of the female : 

 j. Appreciation of 



1. Physical and mental excellence ; and of 



2. The desire to please. 

 And on the part of both sexes coquetry. 



4. The holding of ceremonies and assemblies involving 

 fixation of time and place. 



5. The modes of expressing affection or endearment 

 especially by mutual embrace or kissing. 



6. The dominance of a master passion and its results 

 including infatuation or fascination, as well as other changes 

 of character or disposition, temporary or permanent. 



7. Constancy and inconstancy in love and the conjugal 

 relationship including the formation, keeping, and rupture 

 of engagements, profligacy, prostitution, seduction and 

 desertion. 



8. Conjugal happiness and unhappiness, with their 

 causes. 



9. Occasional assumption by the female of male pre- 

 rogatives. 



The most noteworthy point in connection with the 



