Man, the egoist, thinks that if the woman loves him, by consequence she will love his work. It may be, but usually, non sequitur; for
Few are the women who can understand a man's work:
For thousands of years man has worked in the hunting-field, in the market-place in the camp; for an equal length of time woman has worked by the cradle, by the hearth. Accordingly,
Man has two sides to his nature, woman but one:
Man wears one aspect when facing the world; he wears quite another aspect when facing women;
At their work, men are rigid, frigid, austere, sever, peremptory, tyrannical, downright;
With women, . . . . . .Humph!—Wherefore,
O strenuous and high-aspiring man, in thy work, seek not from woman's love what woman's love cannot give; but set thy face 90 as a flint. Bethink thee of the fate of Anthony. For
Man's chief business in the world is: Work.
Woman's chief business in the world is; Love.