There is a deeper and more serious current in the flow of male emotions, which, much as light and fitful breezes may stir the surface, is moved only by, and mingles only, with a similar and confluent stream. For
It is not man's highest instincts that are stimulated by the more superficial of feminine blandishments; though, no doubt, many a man there is has been made permanently captive by their lure. The truth is that
Man is a many-sided creature: he will reflect many different rays; but it is only under the ray that pierces the surface and irradiates the interior that he truly glows.
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Woman does not lean upon man because she is inferior, but rather because she is his supporter; just as
The buttress leans upon the building; but the building would fall without the buttress. That is,
Woman's dependence upon man is his chief source of strength. Those who cannot understand this may be left to their ignorance. * * *
It is not all women who comprehend the exaltation of mind into which some men are thrown by their presence. Indeed,
Men put a higher value upon a woman's complaisance than she does herself. To a women, feminine concession appear trivial. Is it any wonder, then, that
Woman calls man's jealousy unreasonable? In reality,