term reemancipation of
women is historically more correct than the simple term emancipation,
for before the institution of marriage, woman was free. Invented by
the stronger male when he began to reason, marriage was at first only
the servitude of woman. To give her complete liberty, it must be
transformed afresh from top to bottom.

APPENDIX

=Influence of the Race on Sexual Life.=--If I were an ethnographer I
should attempt to establish whether, and in what way, racial
differences affect the sexual life of man; but the question is so
delicate that it would require a skilled specialist to settle it. With
the exception of the pages dealing with the history of extra-conjugal
intercourse, the statements in this chapter are based on the work of
Westermark. The chief difficulty consists in separating, in the
customs of each race, that which arises from habit and historical
tradition from that which depends on more or less specific hereditary
peculiarities. It is here very easy to fall into error in formulating
false conclusions.

A good deal has been said concerning the hot blood of warm climates,
and on the whole it appears true that people who inhabit these
climates have a more violent and more precocious sexual temperament
than those who live in cold regions. But this is not a racial
character. The Jews, who have preserved their race unaltered in all
climates and under all possible conditions of existence, furnish an
object lesson which is particularly appropriate to decide the
question. The traits of their character are reflected in their sexual
life. Their sexual appetites are generally strong and their love is
distinguished by great family attachment. Their sexual life is also
influenced by their mercantile spirit, and we find them everywhere
connected with the traffic of women and prostitution. They are not
very jealous and are much addicted to concubinage, at the same time
remaining affectionate to their wife and family.

The Mongols also lead a very intense sexual life. Among the
polyandrous people of Thibet jealousy appears to be completely absent:
this may be the result of custom or may be due to phylogenetic
instinct. The Mormons, who are descended from monogamous races,
confirm the idea that polygamy is not a specific racial character. It
would be interesting to study the mixed races of North America from
this point of view. At first sight, it seems that the Americanization
of customs in the mixture of