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The male, born later into a world not wholly 

 reconciled to him, fighting his way to a permanent 

 place, eager, restless, desiring change, represents 

 the progressive element of life. 



At first small, insignificant, only half necessary 

 to the continuance of the species, in some cases a 

 mere parasite on the female, in other cases doomed 

 to die or to be put to death by his own companions 

 as soon as his race function has been performed, 

 gradually he has achieved permanence and impor- 

 tance, exercising his power of variability and activ- 

 ity, until finally he has, in some instances, turned 

 the tables and even essayed to dominate the female 

 life, which, calm, stable, has kept steadily on, retain- 

 ing its primitive characteristics through the most 

 diverse conditions. Thus it has come to pass that 

 the mammalian male, big of bone, strong of muscle, 

 fierce of temper, has constituted himself, in some 

 cases, the ruler of his species. 



Although, in the higher life, the creature is even 

 at birth stamped with many of the characteristics 

 of its sex, these characteristics are not fully devel- 

 oped until the time of reproductive maturity. Up 

 to that time there is comparatively little difference 

 between the members of the two sexes. 



They are impersonal, alike. At reproductive 

 maturity they rapidly diverge and become unlike. 

 Up to this period there is no special attraction on 

 the part of one for the other, but after maturity 

 this is different; as the unlikeness between them 

 increases, the personal attraction also increases. 



