Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-01-22
Consciousness
of LOve
Varies IN Seq
BY DIR. MAX NoRDAU.


Healthy and natural love is always
clearly conscious of its purpose II is
the longing for the possession. the de-
mand for that union which is able TO
bring about the origination Of posterity
In strong individuals love sets free i'm
pulses that are sufficiently powerful to
triumph over every opposing with and
overcome every obstacle. In individuals
with real Wills 1t does not have this ca
paclty; the emotion continues to be sub
tectve and does not become converted
linto actions.
The strength OF the love of any being
ought, therefore, not to be mentioned by
the eXertions which II puts forth in order
10 acquire the beloved; for the magni-
tude of these eXertions depends upon the
strength of his love. It must, neverthe-
less, he added in imitation. that In the
-Lsalthy and normal person. all the brain
centers are developed in pretty much the
same proportion so that individually we
have weak Wills and will also hardly pos
scss the instinct of love to any marked
extent, whereas. those individuals who
are able TO love violently will also, as
a rule, put possessed powerful wills.
The difference in the Importance of the
two sectors. so far as the maintenance
Of the race is concerned, also causes cor
responding differences in their amatory
lives The part which the woman plays
is by far the more important. She has
to supply the whole material for the for
nation of a new being, to elaborate It
completely within her own organism, and
above ALL to impart to it her own quail
ties, Just as she has inherited them from
her forefathers.
Man. again. only supplies the stimula-
ton TO this tedious and difficult, nay,
heroic work, upon which the quality OF
the work in question is to some degrees
dependent, Just as in truth also. To cite
an example, the same dynamite BURNS
harmlessly or flares up brilliantly. OF eN-
plodes with terrific force, according as
II is respectively set on fire by nVe
coal, or a lighted match or an explosive
Woman possesses a more distinctly de-
veloped idea of the man who is orgeh-
cally necessary for her, and VIII MI up
I< life, nor does she allow 'herseit TO
~ so readily induced to renounce TINS
ideal and content herself with subsu-
tute of a totally dissimiar character.
should a woman have once found her
ideal II will be practically an imposslOli-
ity to renounce it. as her emopons russ
from her consciousness every other KIND OF
contents, so that she is henceforth able
IN do nothing else except love. places her
will her Judgment, and her imagina~
tion at the disposal Of her affeccon' anu
utterly refuses to allow any attempt on
the part of her judgment to struggle
against the emotion by the help or IN
telligent conceptions.
A woman has an instructive sensation
that she ought not to make any mistake
that any error would have alike for her-
self and her posterity results that could
not be made good, that it would under
all circumstances draw along with 1t the
lavish expenditure of comparatively
large amount of organic labor, ana she
is. therefore, extremely diStrustful and
careful to avoid the possibility OF such
an error.
In the case Of a man, the matter Is
quite different. He may quite easily
make a mistake because the mistake, SO
far as he is concerned. has no organic
results at all, and can be made GOOD so
TO speak, the very next minute, that Is
so far as he shares IN the preservation
OF the race is affected. For the same
reason also his ideal OF the woman who
will organicaIly complete him with much
less plainly typified. and he is. therefore,
apt to fall in love much more quickly
and easily. with the first nice woman
he meets. For the same reason, also. he
Nsan love much more frequently. relin-
qiAsh much more easily, forget with
much less trouble and his love can, with
comparative ease, be controlled, sup
pressed and even completely vanquished
by his Judgment