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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911 edition. Excerpt: ...not a complete being unless he possesses woman's love. A man who does not love beauty has no element of beauty in him. But the man who only fancies woman's attractions, and not the woman herself, is repulsed by her. If only his instincts attract him to her she sees his weakness and is repulsed by it. She may be rendered vain enough by the possession of such charms as to enjoy FANCY. '45 the victory gained by them over a fool, but an intelligent woman looks upon such a victim as an object of pity and commiseration, and not as a source of strength. Man loves beauty and woman loves strength. A man who is the slave of his desires is weak, and cannot command the respect of a woman he professes to love. If she sees him squirm under the lash of his animal instincts she will not be able to look upon him as her protector and god. Man represents Reason, and woman represents Will. If the will is in harmony with reason it will be as one. If they act against each other illusions come into existence. Another illusion is the craving for physical life, and well may he crave for it who has no character of his own, because, having lost his character, if he loses his life, he loses his all. Men and women cling to the illusion of life because they do not know what life is. They will submit to indignity, dishonor, and suffering rather than die. Life is a means to an end, and as such it is valuable; but why should life be so desirable as to sacrifice character for it? One life is only one temporary condition among a thousand similar ones through which the character of a man passes in its travels on the road to perfection, and whether he remains a longer or a shorter interval at one station, cannot be of any very serious importance to him. Man can make no better use of...
