“The voice of woman, young men, fetters the heart of man.
“I do not know, young men, any other odour which fetters the heart of man like the odour of woman.
“The odour of woman, young men, fetters the heart of man.
“I do not know, young men, any other taste which fetters the heart of man like the taste of woman.
“The taste of woman, young men, fetters the heart of man.
“I do not know, young men, any touch which fetters the heart of man like the touch of woman.
“The touch of woman, young men, fetters the heart of man.”
Then there follows, in the same rhythmical form, an enumeration of the sexual stimuli emanating from woman through eye, ear, smell, taste, and touch.
Associated with the progress towards “love” of this sexual impulse enriched by sensory stimuli was a preponderance, a prevalence, of certain particular sensory stimuli. Herein are certainly to be found the beginnings of a spiritualization of purely animal instincts and impulses.
The most important part in the amatory life of man is played, even at the present day, by the sense of touch, and by the two higher senses, sight and hearing, these two latter containing so many spiritual elements.