i 4 o PHYSICAL BASIS OF CIVILIZATION 



fore, can each by itself act, think, feel, only incom- 

 pletely with reference to the wonderful variety of 

 things in this universe, which are more, if not doubly 

 more, completely available to the dual human 

 molecule — man and woman united in closely inti- 

 mate comradeship. So that the single life can never 

 be commensurate with the magnificent and beautiful 

 possibilities of human action, thought, and feeling; 

 can never rise to the full dignity of the human des- 

 tiny ; but must unavoidably fall short of it. 



The complete mental and aesthetic race possibili- 

 ties, the highest of which mankind is capable in 

 usefulness, in beauty, and in joy, can only be reached 

 in the joint life, close intimacy, and comradeship of 

 two of opposite sex, and this is independent of the 

 instinct which provides for the perpetuation of the 

 race. 



