induce him to utilize his power of work in some useful sphere. At
other times he lavishes exaggerated admiration on women and worships
them in a pompous manner.

In a separate category come those old bachelors who are chaste and
celibate for high moral reasons, and whose life is spent in social
work, although they are only men and cannot for this reason free
themselves from all the peculiarities we have mentioned. In a word,
the object of life is partly wanting in the best of old bachelors, and
this void not only affects his sentiments but his whole mental being.
His general tendency to pessimism and egoism would be sufficient alone
to provoke an energetic protest against the abandonment of social
power to celibates.

The old bachelor who is not chaste generally descends to pornography,
only becoming acquainted with the worst side of woman. He becomes a
misogynist because he wrongly attributes to all women the character of
those only with whom he has intimate relations. We have already
pointed out this phenomenon in speaking of male eroticism. The
philosopher, Schopenhauer, was an example of this kind.

PSYCHIC IRRADIATIONS OF LOVE IN WOMEN

In speaking of love in man we have already touched on many points
which differentiate it from that of woman. In the latter, the most
prominent peculiarity is the dominant role which it plays in the
brain. Without love woman abjures her nature and ceases to be normal.

=The Old Maid.=--What we have said of old bachelors applies in a still
more marked degree, to old maids. Still more than men they have need
of compensation for sexual love, to avoid losing their natural
qualities and becoming dried-up beings or useless egoists. But, if the
void left by love is greater in her, woman possesses such natural
energy and perseverance, combined with such great power of devotion,
that on the whole she is more capable than man of accomplishing the
work which the void in her existence requires. Unfortunately, many
women do not understand this. On the other hand, those who devote
themselves to social philanthropic works, to art or literature, to
nursing the sick or to other useful occupations, instead of amusing
themselves with futile things, may greatly distinguish themselves in
such social pursuits, and thus obtain real compensation for the loss
of love.

In this respect woman was formerly misunderstood. The modern movement
of her emancipation shows more and more what she is capable o