377.
The Perfect Woman.—The perfect woman is a higher type of humanity than the perfect man, and also something much rarer. The natural history of animals furnishes grounds in support of this theory.
378.
Friendship and Marriage.—The best friend will probably get the best wife, because a good marriage is based on talent for friendship.
379.
The Survival of the Parents.—The undissolved dissonances in the relation of the character and sentiments of the parents survive in the nature of the child and make up the history of its inner sufferings.
380.
Inherited from the Mother.—Every one bears within him an image of woman, inherited from his mother: it determines his attitude towards women as a whole, whether to honour, despise, or remain generally indifferent to them.
381.
Correcting Nature.—Whoever has not got a good father should procure one.