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selection. In most cases the choice seems purely- 

 personal, and the result fortuitous. 



Still, in a very general way, we can see that the 

 elements that enter, whether consciously or un- 

 consciously, into sexual selection are twofold, and 

 vary in the sexes. In a very general way we can 

 foresee, too, that the woman of the future is likely 

 to choose the man for strength of mind, even as 

 she formerly chose him for strength of body ; and 

 the man to choose the woman for beauty of mind, 

 even as he formerly chose her for beauty of body. 

 Indeed, in many cases now the attraction of money 

 is, on the one side, the attraction of strength ; 

 and, on the other hand, the attraction of beauty ; 

 for, on the one hand, the woman attributes to the 

 man the power which exists only in his money, and, 

 on the other hand, the man attributes to the woman 

 the beauty due really to her golden setting. Both 

 illusions originate in stupidity, and they often end 

 in the Divorce Court. 



It may be objected that the terms "strength" 

 and "beauty" are rather vague; but it is impos- 

 sible to define features of character otherwise than 

 vaguely, and the terms probably indicate definitely 

 enough what may be called the negative and positive 

 electricities of sexual attraction in the future. A 

 man who has intellectual grip and wide mental 

 horizons — a man who does good work with his 



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