152 Life and Love. 



to privation than the stronger, better nourished 

 female ; so that where there is an excessive number 

 of males produced, particularly in the higher life, 

 a correspondingly greater number die during the 

 period of infancy. 



Thus is reproduction, in all its manifestations, 

 in some deep way, closely related to nutrition ; 

 the first great need of the individual is in some 

 obscure manner also the first great need of the 

 race. 



