,,! ,,natural ,,philosophy ,,( ,,love ,,by ,,remy ,,de ,,g\rmont ,translat$ ) a ,po/script ,by ,,ezra ,,p\nd ,,boni ,,& ,,liv]ight ,publi%]s ,new ,york #aibb ,,cont5ts ,i4 ,! ,subject ( an ,idea ,love's g5]al psy*ology4--,love accord+ to natural laws4 --,sexual selection4--,man's place 9 ,nature4--,id5tity ( human & animal psy*ology4--,! animal nature ( love4 ,,ii4 ,! ,aim ( ,life ,! importance ( ! sexual act4--,its ineluctable "*4 --,animals :o live only to reproduce !mselves4--,! /rife = love1 & = dea?4--,females fecundat$ at ! v in/ant ( bir?4--,! ma9t5ance ( life4 ,,iii4 ,scale ( ,sexes ,asexual reproduction4--,=mation ( ! animal colony4 --,limits ( asexual reproduction4--,c\pl+4-- ,bir? ( ! sexes4--,h]maphrodism & p>!nog5esis4 --,*emical fecundation4--,univ]sality ( p>!nog5esis4 ,,iv4 ,sexual ,dimorphism #a4 ,inv]tebrates3 =mation ( ! male4--,primitivity ( ! female4--,m9uscule males3 ! bonellie4--,regression ( ! male into ! male organ3 ! rirrip$es4--,g5]ality ( sexual dimorphism4--,sup]iority ( ! female 9 mo/ insect species4--,exceptions4--,num]ic dimorphism4--,female hym5opt]a4--,multiplicity ( h] activities4--,male's purely sexual rle4--,dimorphism ( ants & t]mites4--,gras%opp]s & crickets4--,spid]s4--,coleopt]a4--,gl[-w orm4--,co*9eal's /range dimorphism4 ,v4 ,sexual ,dimorphism #b4 ,v]tebrates3--,unnoticeable 9 fi%1 saurians1 reptiles4 --,! bird _w4--,dimorphism fav\rable to males3 ! oriole1 pheasants1 ! ruff4--,peacocks & turkey-cocks4 --,birds ( p>adise4--,mod]ate dimorphism ( mammif]s4 --,effects ( ca/ration on dimorphism4 ,,vi4 ,sexual ,dimorphism #c4 ,v]tebrates 7,cont9u$73--,man & woman4--,*>act]i/ics & limits ( human dimorphism4--,effects ( civilization4 --,psy*ologic dimorphism4--,! insect _w & ! human4 --,mod]n dimorphism1 basis ( ! pair4--,solid>ity ( ! human pair4--,dimorphism & polygamy4--,! pair fav\rs ! female4--,sexual /hetics4--,causes ( ! sup]iority ( fem99e beauty4 ,,vii4 ,sexual ,dimorphism & ,fem9ism ,inf]iority & sup]iority ( ! female z %[n 9 animal species4--,influ5ce ( fe$+ on ! production ( sexes4 --,! female w\ld h suffic$4--,fem9ism absolute1 & mod]ate4--,pipe-dreams3 elim9ation ( ! male & human p>!nog5esis4 ,,viii4 ,love-,organs ,sexual dimorphism & p>allelism4--,sexual organs ( man & ( woman4--,con/ancy ( sexual p>allelism 9 ! animal s]ies4--,ext]nal sexual organs ( plac5t>y mammif]a4 --,=m & position ( ! p5is4--,! p5ial bone4--,! clitoris4--,! vag9a4--,! teats4--,=k$ prong ( m>supials4 --,sexual organs ( reptiles4--,fi% & birds ) a p5ial organ4--,g5ital organs ( ar?ropodes4--,attempt to classify animals accord+ to ! disposition1 pres5ce1 abs5ce ( ext]ior organs = reproduction4 ,,ix4 ,! ,me*anism ( ,love #a4 ,copulation3 ,v]tebrates4--,its v num]\s v>ieties & its specific fixity4--,! app>5t immorality ( ,nature4 --,sexual e?nography4--,human me*anism4--,cavalage4--,! =m & duration ( c\pl+ 9 div]s mammif]s4--,ab]rations ( sexual surg]y1 ! ampallang4--,pa9 z a bridle on sex4 --,maid5head4--,! mole4--,passivity ( ! female4--,! ovule1 psy*ological figure ( ! female4--,mania ( attribut+ human virtues to animals4--,! mode/y ( elephants4--,c\pl+ me*anism 9 :ales1 seals1 tortoises4--,9 c]ta9 ophidians & 9 c]ta9 fi%4 ,x4 ,! ,me*anism ( ,love #b4 ,copulation 7,cont9u$7--,ar?ropodes4--,scorpions4--, l>ge aquatic cru/aceans4--,small cru/aceans4--,! hydra*ne4 --,scutil>y4--,cock*af]4--,butt]flies4-- ,flies1 etc4--,v>iation ( animals' sexual habits4 ,,xi4 ,! ,me*anism ( ,love p4 #ih #c4 ,( birds & fi%4--,males )\t p5is4--,c\pl+ by simple contact4--,salacity ( birds4--,copulation ( batra*ians3 acc\*eur toad1 aquatic toad1 e>? toad1 pipa toad4--,ftal p>asitism4--,*a/ity ( fi%4--,sexes sep>at$ 9 love4 --,onani/ic fecundation4--,cephalopodes1 ! sp]matophore4 ,,xii1 ,! ,me*anism ( ,love #d4 ,h]maphrodism4--,sexual life ( oy/]s4--,ga/]opodes4 --,! idea ( reproduction & ! idea ( pleasure4--,me*anism ( reciprocal reproduction3 helices4--,sp9trian habits4 --,reflection on h]maphrodism4 ,,xiii4 ,! ,me*anism ( ,love #e4 ,artificial fecundation4--,disjunction ( ! secret+ app>atus f ! copulat+ app>atus4--,spid]s4--,discov]y ( _! copulative me?od4--,brutality ( ! female4--,habits ( ! epeire4--,! argyronete4--,! t>antula4--,exceptions3 ! reap]s4--,dragonflies 7libellule74--,dragonflies 7demoiselle7 virg9s & j\v5celle4--,picture ( _! love affairs4 ,,xiv4 ,! ,me*anism ( ,love #f4 ,cannibalism 9 sex4--,females :o dev\r ! male1 ^? :o dev\r ! sp]matophore4--,probable use ( ^! practices4--,fecundation by ! :ole male4--,loves ( ! :ite =ehead$ dectic4--,! gre5 gras%opp]4--,! ,alp9e analote4--,! ephippig]e4--,fur!r reflections on ! cannibalism ( sex4--,loves ( ! pray+ mantis4 ,,xv4 ,! ,sexual ,p>ade ,univ]sality ( ! c>ess1 ( amor\s preludes4--,_! rle 9 fecundation4--,sexual games ( birds4--,h[ can?>ides c>ess4--,males' combats4--,pret5d$ combats ( birds4--,dance ( ! tetras4--,g>d5] bird4--,8 c\ntry h\se4--,8 ta/e = fl[]s4--,reflections on ! orig9 ( 8 art4--,combats ( crickets4--,p>ade ( butt]flies4--,sexual s5se ( ori5tation4--,! great-peacock mo?4--,animals' submission to ord]s ( ,nature4--,transmutation ( physical values4--,rutt+ cal5d>4 ,,xvi4 ,polygamy ,r>ity ( monogamy4--,ta/e = *ange 9 animals4--,rles ( monogamy & polygamy 9 ! /ability or in/ability ( specific types4--,/rife ( ! c\ple aga9/ polygamy4 --,c\ples among insects4--,among fi%1 batra*ians1 saurians4 --,monogamy ( pigeons1 ( night+ales4--,monogamy 9 c>nivora1 9 rod5ts4--,habits ( ! rabbit4--,! i*neumon4--,unkn[n causes ( polygamy4--,r>ity & sup]abundance ( males4 --,polygamy 9 insects4--,9 fi%4--,9 gall9ace1 9 web-foot$ birds4--,9 h]bivora4--,! antelope's h>em4--,human polygamy4 --,h[ x temp]a ! c\ple among civiliz$ races4 ,,xvii4 ,love among ,social ,animals ,organization ( reproduction among hym5opt]a4--,bees4--,w$d+ ( ! que54--,"m bee1 cause & consci\sness ( ! hive4 --,sexual royalty4--,limits ( intellig5ce among bees4--,natural logic & human logic4--,wasps4--,bumble-bees4--,ants4-- ,notes on _! habits4--,v advanc$ /ate ( _! civilization4 --,slav]y & p>asitism among ants4--,t]mites4--,! n9e pr9cipal active =ms ( t]mites4--,great age ( _! civilization4--,beav]s4--,t5d5cy ( indu/ri\s animals to inactivity4 ,,xviii4 ,! ,"q ( ,ab]rations ,two sorts ( sexual ab]ration4--,sexual ab]rations ( animals4 --,^? ( m54--,cross+ ( species4-- ,*a/ity4--,mode/y4 --,v>ieties & localizations ( sexual ba%fulness4--,artificial creation ( mode/y4--,sort ( mode/y natural to all females4 --,cruelty4--,picture ( c>nage4--,! cricket eat5 alive4 --,habits ( c>abes4--,e liv+ creature is a prey4 --,necessity to kill or to be kill$4 ,,xix ,in/9ct ,in/9ct4--,c "o oppose x to intellig5ce8--,in/9ct 9 man4 --,primordiality ( intellig5ce4--,in/9ct's cons]vative rle4 --,modify+ rle ( intellig5ce4--,intellig5ce & consci\sness4 --,p>ity ( animal & human in/9ct4--,me*anical "* ( ! in/9ctive act4--,in/9ct modifi$ by intellig5ce4--,habit ( "w creates useless "w4--,objections to ! id5tification ( in/9ct & intellig5ce tak5 f life ( insects4 ,,xx4 ,tyranny ( ! ,n]v\s ,sy/em ,accord & discord betwe5 organs & acts4--,t>ses & sacr$ sc>ab4--,! h& ( man4--,m$iocre fitness ( sexual organs = copulation4--,orig9 ( luxuria4--,! animal is a n]v\s sy/em s]v$ by organs4--,! organ does n det]m9e ! aptitude4 --,man's h& inf]ior to 8 g5ius4--,sub/itution ( "o s5se = ano!r4--,union & rle ( ! s5ses 9 love4--,man & animal "u ! tyranny ( ! n]v\s sy/em4--,we> & te> ( humanity comp5sat$ by acquisitions4--,man's inh]itors4 ,translator's ,po/script ,bibliography3 ,practical ,works ,consult$ ,,! ,,natural ,,philosophy ,,( ,,love ,,*apt] ,i ,,! ,,subject ,,( ,,an ,,idea ,love's g5]al psy*ology4--,love accord+ to natural laws4--,sexual selection4--,man's place 9 ,nature4-- ,id5tity ( human & animal psy*ology4--,! animal nature ( love4 ,?is book1 :i* is only an essay1 because its subject matt] is s imm5se1 repres5ts1 nev]!less1 an ambition3 "o want$ to enl>ge ! g5]al psy*ology ( love1 />t+ x 9 ! v beg9n+ ( male & female activity1 & giv+ man's sexual life its place 9 ! "o plan ( univ]sal sexuality4 ,c]ta9 morali/s h1 und5iably1 pret5d$ to talk ab\t love 9 relation to natural causes1 b !y 7 pr(\ndly ignorant ( ^! natural causes3 ?us ,snanc\r1 ^: book1 blott$ ?\gh x be ) ideology1 rema9s ! bolde/ "w on a subject s ess5tial t no?+ c drag x to triviality4 ,if ,snanc\r _h be5 acqua9t$ ) ! sci5ce ( 8 "t1 if he _h only read ,raumur & ,bonnet1 ,buffon & ,lam>ck2 if he _h be5 able to m]ge ! two ideas1 man & animal into "o1 he1 be+ a man )\t insurm\ntable prejudices1 might h produc$ a /ill readable book4 ,! mom5t w\ld h be5 favorable4 ,p 7 beg9n+ to h "s exact k ( animals' habits4 ,bonnet _h prov$ ! />tl+ relation%ips ( animal & vegetable reproduction2 ! ess5tial pr9ciple ( physiology _h be5 f\nd2 ! sci5ce ( life 0 brief en\gh to be cle>2 "o might h v5tur$ a !ory z to ! psy*ological unity ( ! animal s]ies4 ,su* a "w w\ld h prev5t$ num]\s follies 9 ! c5tury !n beg9n+4 ,"o w\ld h become accu/om$ to consid] human love z "o =m ( numb]less =ms1 & n p]haps1 ! mo/ rem>kable ( ! lot1 a =m :i* clo!s ! univ]sal in/9ct ( reproduction2 & its app>5t anomalies w\ld h f\nd a normal explanation amid ,nature's extravagance4 ,d>w9 arriv$1 inaugurat$ a useful sy/em1 b 8 views 7 too sy/ematiz$1 8 aim too explanatory & 8 scale ( creatures ) man at ! summit1 z ! culm9ation ( univ]sal ef=t1 is ( a too !ologic simplicity4 ,man is n ! culm9ation ( nature1 he is 9 ,nature1 he is "o ( ! unities ( life1 t is all4 ,he is ! product ( a p>tial1 n ( total evolution2 ! bran* :]eon he blossoms1 p>ts l a ?\s& o!r bran*es f a common trunk4 ,moreov]1 ,d>w91 truckl+ to ! religiose pudibund]y ( 8 race1 has almo/ :olly neglect$ ! actual facte ( sex2 ?is makes 8 !ory ( sexual selection1 z ! pr9ciple ( *ange1 incompreh5sible4 ,b ev5 if he _h tak5 acc\nt ( ! real me*anism ( love1 8 conclusions1 possibly m logical1 w\ld /ill h be5 inexact1 foi if sexual selection has any aim x c be b cons]vation ,fecundation is ! re9tegration ( diff]5tiat$ elem5ts into a unique elem5t1 a p]petual return to ! unity4 ,x is n p>ticul>ly int]e/+ to consid] human acts z ! fruits ( evolution1 = ^u animal bran*es z cle>ly sep>ate z ^? ( insect & mammif] "o f9ds sexual acts & social cu/oms s5sibly analog\s1 if n id5tical 9 _m po9ts4 ,if insects & mammif]s h any common ance/or1 save ! primordial jelly1 !re mu/ inde$ h be5 v diff]5t pot5tialities 9 its amorph\s cont\rs to lead x "h into be+ bee & !re into be+ giraffe4 ,an evolution lead+ to su* div]se results has int]e/ only z a metaphysical idea1 psy*ology c get f x next to no?+ ( value4 ,we mu/ *uck ! old ladd] ^: rungs ! evolutioni/s asc5d$ ) su* difficulty4 ,we w imag9e1 metaphorically1 a c5tre ( life1 ) multiple lives div]g+ f x2 hav+ pass$ ! unicellul> phase1 we w take no c\nt ( hypo!tic subord9ations4 ,"o does n wi% to d5y1 "o wi%es r n to d5y1 ei!r g5]al or p>ticul> evolutions1 b ! g5ealogies are too unc]ta9 & ! ?read :i* unites !m too (t5 brok53 :at1 = example1 is ! orig9 ( birds1 organisms :i* seem at once a progress & a retrogression f ! mammif]8 ,on reflection1 "o w consid] ! diff]5t love-me*anisms ( all ! dioicians z p>allel & contempor>y4 ,man w !n f9d himself 9 8 prop] & r indi/9ct place 9 ! cr[d1 beside ! monkeys1 rod5ts & bats4 ,psy*ologically1 "o mu/ q (t5 comp>e him ) insects1 m>vell\s fl[]+ ( ! life =ce4 ,& :at cl>ity f ! process1 lights %[]+ 9 f all corn]s4 ,fem99e coquetry1 ! flight be=e ! male1 ! return1 ! game ( yes & no1 ! unc]ta9 attitude seem+ at once cruel & amor\s1 & n peculi> to ! female human8 ,n at all4 ,climne is ( all species1 & het]oclite above all2 %e is bo? mole & spid]1 %e is sp>r[ & can?>ide1 %e is cricket & add]4 ,a celebrat$ au?or 9 a play call$1 ,i ?9k1 ,la ,fille ,sauvage1 repres5ts fem99e love z aggressive4 ,an error6 ,! female attack$ by ! male ?9ks always ( retreat1 %e nev]1 nev] attacks1 save 9 c]ta9 species :i* appe> to be v anci5t & :i* h p]si/$ to our "t only by prodigies ( equilibrium4 ,ev5 !re "o mu/ make res]ves1 = :5 "o sees ! female aggressive1 x is p]haps at ! second or f\r? phase ( ! game1 n at ! beg9n+4 ,! female sleeps until ! male ar\ses h]1 !n %e gives 91 plays1 or takes flight4 ,! virg9's res]ve be=e man is b a v mod]ate ba%fulness if comp>$ ) ! pell-mell flight ( a "y mole intacta4 ,?is is b "o fact ( a ?\s&4 ,!re is n "o way ( in/9ctive man ) a maid :i* is n f9dable 9 "o or o!r animal species2 ?is is p]fectly compreh5sible see+ t man is an animal1 submitt$ to ! ess5tial in/9cts :i* gov]n all animality2 !re be+ ev]y:]e ! same matt] animate ) ! same desire3 to live1 to p]petuate life4 ,man's sup]iority is 9 ! imm5se div]sity ( 8 aptitudes4 ,animals are conf9$ to "o s]ies ( ge/ures1 always ! same ones1 man v>ies 8 mimicry )\t limit2 b ! t>get is ! same1 & ! result is ! same1 copulation1 fecundation & eggs4 ,belief 9 lib]ty has be5 born f ! div]sity ( human aptitude1 f man's p[] to rea* ! necess>y t]m9ation ( 8 activity by diff]5t r\tes1 or to dodge ?is t]m9ation & suicide 9 himself ! species ^: future he be>s4 ,x1 ?is lib]ty1 is an illusion difficult n to h1 an idea :i* "o mu/ %$ if "o wants to ?9k 9 a mann] n :olly irrational1 b x is recomp5s+ly c]ta9 t ! multiplicity ( possible activities is almo/ an equival5t ( ?is lib]ty4 ,d\btless ! /ronge/ motive always w9s1 b today's /rong] is tomorr['s weak]1 h5ce a v>iety ( human gaits feign+ lib]ty1 & practically result+ !re94 ,free w is only ! faculty ( be+ guid$ successively by a great numb] ( diff]5t motives4 ,:5 *oice is possible1 lib]ty beg9s1 ev5 ?\gh ! *os5 act is rigor\sly det]m9$ & :5 !re is no possibility ( avoid+ x4 ,animals h a small] lib]ty1 re/rict$ 9 proportion z _! aptitudes are m limit$2 b :5 life beg9s lib]ty beg9s4 ,! di/9ction1 f ?is view-po9t1 betwe5 man & animal is quantitative1 & n qualitative4 ,"o mu/ n be gull$ by ! s*ola/ic di/9ction betwe5 in/9ct & intellig5ce2 man is z full ( in/9cts z ! insect mo/ visibly in/9ctive2 he obeys !m by me?ods m div]se1 t is all !re is to x4 ,if x is cle> t man is an animal1 x is also cle> t he is a v complex "o4 ,"o f9ds 9 him mo/ ( ! aptitudes :i* are di/ribut$ "o by "o among bea/s4 ,!re is h>dly "o ( 8 habits1 ( 8 virtues1 ( 8 vices 7to use ! conv5tional t]ms7 :i* c n be f\nd ei!r 9 an insect1 a bird or a mammif]3 monogamy1 adult]y1 ! consequ5ces2 polygamy1 poly&ry1 lascivi\sness1 laz9ess1 activity1 cruelty1 c\rage1 devotion1 any ( ^! are common to animals1 b ea* z ! quality ( an :ole species4 ,9 ! /ate ( diff]5tiation to :i* sup]ior & cultivat$ human species h atta9$1 ea* individual =ms surely a sep>ate v>iety det]m9$ by :at is call$1 ab/ractly1 ! "*4 ,?is individual diff]5tiation1 v m>k$ 9 mank9d1 is less m>k$ 9 o!r animal species4 ,yet we note q di/9ct *>act]s 9 dogs1 9 horses & ev5 9 birds ( ! same race4 ,x is q probable t all bees h n ! same "*1 s9ce1 = example1 !y are n all equally prompt to use _! /+s 9 analog\s circum/ances4 ,ev5 !re ! diff]5ce betwe5 man & 8 bro!rs-9-life & 9 s5sibility is b a diff]5ce ( degree4 ,solid>ity is b an empty ideology if "o limit x to human species4 ,!re is no abyss betwe5 man & animal2 ! two doma9s are sep>at$ by a t9y rivulet :i* a baby c\ld /ep ov]4 ,we are animals1 we live on animals1 & animals live on u4 ,we bo? h & are p>asites4 ,we are pr$atory1 & we are ! liv+ prey ( ! pr$atory4 ,& :5 we foll[ ! love act1 x is truly1 9 ! idiom ( !ologians1 m be/i>um4 ,love is pr(\ndly animal2 !re9 is its beauty4 ,,*apt] ,,ii ,,! ,,aim ,,( ,,life ,! importance ( ! sexual act4--,its ineluctable "*4--,animals :o live only to reproduce !mselves4--,! /rife = love1 & = dea?4 --,females fecundat$ at ! v in/ant ( bir?4 --,! ma9t5ance ( life4 ,:at is life's aim8 ,its ma9t5ance4 ,b ! v idea ( an aim is a human illusion4 ,!re is nei!r beg9n+1 nor middle1 nor end 9 ! s]ies ( causes4 ,:at is has be5 caus$ by :at 01 & :at w be has = cause ! exi/5t4 ,"o c nei!r conceive a po9t ( re/ nor a po9t ( beg9n+4 ,born ( life1 life w beget life et]nally4 ,%e %\ld1 & wants to4 ,life is *>act]iz$ on e>? by ! exi/5ce ( individuals gr\p$ into species1 t is to say hav+ ! p[]1 a male be+ unit$ ) a female1 to reproduce a simil> be+4 ,:e!r x be ! int]nal conjo9+ ( protozoaires1 or h]maphrodite fecundation1 or ! c\pl+ ( insects or mammif]s1 ! act is ! same3 x is common to all t lives1 & ?is n only to animals b to plants1 & possibly ev5 to su* m9]als z are limit$ by a non-v>y+ =m4 ,( all possible acts1 9 ! possibility t we c imag9e1 ! sexual act is1 !re=e1 ! mo/ important ( all acts4 ,)\t x life comes to an end1 & x is absurd to suppose its abs5ce1 = 9 t case ?\ght itself disappe>s4 ,revolt is useless aga9/ s evid5t a necessity4 ,our f9ik9 scruples prote/ 9 va92 man & ! mo/ disgu/+ ( 8 p>asites are ! products ( an id5tical sexual me*anism4 ,! fl[]s we h /rewn ^u love may disguise x z "o disguises a trap = wild bea/s2 all our activities manuvre along ! edge ( ?is precipice & fall ov] x "o aft] ano!r2 ! aim ( human life is ! cont9uation ( human life4 ,only 9 appe>ance does man escape ?is obligation ( ,nature4 ,he escapes z an individual1 & he submits z a species4 ,! abuse ( ?\ght1 religi\s prejudices1 vices /]ilize a "p ( humanity2 b ?is fraction is ( m]ely sociological int]e/2 be he *a/e or voluptu>y1 mis]ly or prodigal ( 8 fle%1 man is 9 8 :ole condition subject to ! sexual tyranny4 ,all m5 d n reproduce _! species1 nei!r d all animals2 ! feeble & ! late-com]s among insects die 9 _! robe ( innoc5ce1 & _m ne/s labori\sly fill$ by c\rage\s mo!rs are deva/at$ by pirates or by ! inclem5cy ( ! sky4 ,let ! ascetic n come boa/+ t he has fre$ 8 blood f ! pressure ( desire2 ! v importance :i* he ascribes to 8 victory b affirms ! same p[] ( ! life-w4 ,a "y girl1 be=e ! slighte/ love affair1 w1 if %e is heal?y1 confess naively t %e wants to m>ry to h *ildr54 ,?is s simple =mula is ! leg5d ( ,nature4 ,:at an animal seeks is n its own life b reproduction4 ,d\btless _m animals seem1 dur+ a relatively long exi/5ce1 to h b brief sexual p]iods1 b "o mu/ make all[ance = ! p]iod ( ge/ation4 ,9 pr9ciple ! sole occupation ( any creature is to r5ew1 by ! sex act1 ! =m :]e) x is clo!d4 ,to ?is end x eats1 to ?is end builds4 ,?is act is s cle>ly ! aim1 unique & def9ite t x con/itutes ! entire life ( a v great numb] ( animals1 :i* are1 not)/&+1 extremely complex4 ,! ephem]a is born 9 ! ev5+1 & copulates1 ! female lays eggs dur+ ! night1 bo? are dead 9 ! morn+1 )\t ev5 hav+ look$ at ! sun4 ,^! little animals are s little de/9$ = any?+ else save love t !y h n ev5 m\?s4 ,!y eat n1 nei!r d !y dr9k4 ,"o sees !m hov]+ 9 cl\ds above ! wat]1 among ! re$s4 ,! males1 al?\gh m num]\s ?an ! females1 p]=m a multiple duty1 & fall exhau/$4 ,! purity ( su* a life is to be admir$ 9 _m butt]flies3 ! silk-mo?s1 heavy & clumsy1 %ake _! w+s = an in/ant at bir?1 c\ple & die4 ,! ,great ,peacock or ,oak ,bombyx1 mu* l>g] ?an !y1 eats no m ?an !y d3 yet we see him trav]se leagues ( c\ntry 9 8 que/ ( ! female4 ,he has only a rudim5t>y proboscis & a fake dige/ive app>atus4 ,?us 8 two or ?ree days' exi/5ce passes )\t "o egoi/ic act4 ,! /ruggle = life1 mu* vaunt$1 is "h ! /ruggle to give life1 ! /ruggle = dea?1 = if !y c live ?ree days 9 se>* ( ! female !y die z soon z ! fecundation is accompli%$4 ,among all solit>y bees1 scolies1 masons1 bembex1 & an?opores1 ! males born soone/1 range ab\t ! ne/s await+ ! bir? ( ! females4 ,z soon z ^! appe> !y are seiz$ & fecundat$1 kn[+1 ?us1 life & love 9 ! same %iv]4 ,! female osmies & o!r bees are ke5ly wat*$ by ! males :o nab & m\nt !m z !y em]ge f ! natal tube1 ! holl[ /alk ( a re$1 fly+ at once ) !m into ! air :]e ! love-fea/ is f9i%$4 ,!n :ile ! male1 drunk ) 8 "w1 cont9ues 8 dea?-flight1 ! female fev]i%ly holl[s ! h\se ( h] (fspr+1 p>titions x1 /ores ! honey = ! l>v1 lays1 :irls = an in/ant & dies4 ,! ye> foll[+3 ! same ge/ures above ! same re$s split by ! re$-ga!r]s2 & ?us 9 ye>s foll[+1 ! insect p]mitt$ nev] ! lea/ design save ! cons]vation ( "o fragile =m2 brief app>ition ov] fl[]s4 ,! sit>is is a coleopt]\s p>asite 9 ! ne/s ( ! an?opore4 ,copulation takes place on hat*+4 ,fabre notic$ a female /ill 9 h] wrapp+s1 :om a male already free 0 help+ to get loose1 wait+ only ! appe>ance ( ! extremity ( ! abdom51 to hurl himself !reupon4 ,! sit>is' love la/s "o m9ute1 long season 9 a %ort life3 ! male drags on = two days be=e dy+1 ! female lays on ! v spot :]e %e has be5 fecundat$1 dies1 hav+ kn[n no?+ b ! mat]nal function 9 ! /ricte/ limit ( h] bir?place4 ,no "o has ev] se5 ! female pal+5ia4 ,?is butt]fly is fecundat$ be=e ev5 gett+ rid ( h] nymph's corset1 %e dies ) h] eyes /ill %ut1 "m1 at once1 & infant 9 swaddl+ clo!s4 ,morali/s love bees f :om !y di/il examples & aphorisms4 ,!y recomm5d u "w1 ord]1 economy1 =esight1 ob$i5ce & div]s virtues o!r4 ,ab&on y\rself boldly to lab\r3 ,nature wills x4 ,nature wills ev]y?+4 ,%e is complac5t to all ! activities2 to our imag9+s !re is no analogy t %e w refuse1 n "o4 ,%e desires ! social con/ructions ( bees2 %e desires also ! ,life ,all ,love ( ! ,great ,peacock1 ( ! osmie1 ( ! sit>is4 ,%e desires t ! =ms %e has creat$ %all cont9ue indef9itely1 & to ?is end all means are1 to h]1 good4 ,b if %e pres5ts u ! labori\s example ( ! bee1 %e does n hide f u ! poly&r\s example1 nor ! cruel am\rs ( ! mantis4 ,!re is n 9 ! w to live ! fa9te/ trace ( our poor little human morality4 ,if "o wi%es an unique sole morality1 t is to say an univ]sal comm&m5t1 :i* all species may li/5 to1 :i* !y c foll[ 9 _s & 9 lett]1 if "o wi%es 9 %ort to "k ! aim ( life & ! duty ( ! liv+1 x is necess>y1 evid5tly1 to f9d a =mula :i* w totalize all ! contradictions1 break !m & fuse !m into a sole affirmation4 ,!re is b "o1 we may repeat x1 )\t fe>1 & )\t all[+ any objection3 ! aim ( life is life's cont9uation4 ,,*apt] ,,iii ,,scale ,,( ,,sexes ,asexual reproduction4--,=mation ( ! animal colony4 --,limits ( asexual reproduction4--,c\pl+4--,bir? ( ! sexes4--,h]maphrodism & p>!nog5esis4--,*emical fecundation4--,univ]sality ( p>!nog5esis4 ,! primitive mode ( reproduction is asexual1 or :at "o w s consid] provisorily1 9 comp>ison ) m complex me*anism4 ,9 ! fir/ liv+ =ms !re are nei!r sexual organs nor diff]5tiat$ sexual elem5ts4 ,! animal reproduces itself by scissip>ity or by budd+2 ! individual divides itself 9 two p>ts1 or a protub]ance develops1 =ms a new be+ & !n sep>ates4 ,scissip>ity is an inexact t]m1 = ! division is transv]sal1 & ! two p>ts f> f equal2 x occurs 9 protozoaires1 & fur!r 9 worms1 />-fi% & polyps4 ,budd+ is common to protozoaires1 infusoria1 cl5t]ata1 to fre%-wat] polyps & to ne>ly all vegetables4 ,a ?ird primitive mode1 sporulation1 consi/s 9 ! production inside ! organism ( p>ticul> cells1 spores1 :i* sep>ate & become individuals2 ?is occurs 9 protozoaires1 z well z 9 f]ns1 alg & mu%rooms4 ,! fir/ two modes1 division & budd+1 s]ve also = ! =mation ( animal colonies1 :5 ! new individual reta9s a po9t ( contact ) ! g5]at+ individual4 ,x is by ?is notion ( colony t "o expla9s complex be+s1 & ev5 sup]ior animals1 9 consid]+ !m z reunions ( simple primitive be+s :i* h diff]5tiat$ !mselves & /ill reta9$ a solid>ity1 %>+ ! physiological "w betwe5 !m4 ,colonies ( protozoaires are =m$ ( individuals hav+ id5tical functions1 liv+ 9 p]fect equality1 despite ! hi]>*y ( position2 colonies ( metazoaires are compos$ ( specialis$ memb]s ^: sep>ation may be a cause ( dea? = ! total individual4 ,!re is !n1 9 ! latt] case1 a new be+ compos$ ( di/9ct elem5ts :i*1 reta9+ a c]ta9 ess5tial autonomy1 h become ! organs ( a new entity4 ,! fir/ liv+ organisms =m$ _! hi]>*ies ?us3 individual unicellul>1 or pla/ide2 gr\p ( pla/ides or m]ide4 ,! m]ides1 z ! protozoaires1 c reproduce !mselves asexually1 or by division or budd+4 ,!y may sep>ate completely or rema9 atta*$ to _! g5]ator4 ,if !y rema9 atta*$ "o has m\nt$ a /ep & atta9$ ! zoide4 ,!nce1 by colonies ( zoides "o gets individuals /ill m complex1 call$ demes4 ,none ( ^! t]ms is mu* m ?an a conv5i5ce = memory4 ,! nom5clature /ops1 z does ! progression1 at a c]ta9 mom5t1 = ! evolution has its limit1 its f9ality1 z does ev5 ! milieu 9 :i* life cont9ues to evolve4 ,"o might say t heav+ up f ! obscure vital c5tre1 ! new animal-%oots bran* upw>d until !y knock _! heads ^u an ideal or imag9>y ro( :i* prev5ts any fur!r climb+4 ,?is is ! dea? ( ! species1 & ,nature contemptu\sly ab&on+ h] "w1 beg9s to mate yet ano!r m\ld ( ! initial ooze1 to d]ive f x a new =m4 ,! dream ( an unlimit$ trans=mation ( actual species is pure *imra2 !y w disappe> "o by "o1 accord+ to _! ord] ( primog5iture1 accord+ to _! faculty = adapt+ !mselves to ! *ang+ milieu1 & "o might =esee1 if ! e>? la/s1 9 a di/ant "t an unimag9able fauna replac+ ! pres5t fauna1 & ev5 replac+ man4 ,man is a metazoaire1 t is to say an animal ) diff]5tiat$ pluricellules1 l ! sponge1 ! :eel animals1 & ! annelids4 ,he belongs to ! artizoaire s]ies3 a head1 belly1 back1 bilat]al symmetry2 to ! v]tebrate bran*3 int]nal skeleton1 c>tilag9\s & osse\s2 to ! class ( mammif]s1 to ! sub-class ( plac5taires2 to ! gr\p ( primates n f> f ! *iropt]a 7bats7 & ! rod5ts4 ,9 reg>d to ! life-transmitt+ me*anism ! animals are divid$ some:at diff]5tly4 ,on "o side budd+ & division1 or scissip>ity1 is prolong$ r f> into ! metazoaire s]ies concurr5t ) sexual reproduction2 on ! o!r h& !re are1 among protozoaires1 ph5om5a ( c\pl+1 unions ( cellules :i* resemble v]itable fecundation & p]=m its rle2 )\t ! nucle> reg5]ation :i* is ! aim & consequ5ce1 nei!r segm5tation nor budd+ c take place1 at lea/ n indef9itely4 ,9 sum1 ! reproduction ( be+s is always sexual2 only 9 ! "o case1 ! protozoaires1 x is produc$ by non-diff]5tiat$ elem5ts2 & 9 ! o!r1 ! metazoaires1 by diff]5tiat$ elem5ts1 a male & a female4 ,if "o clips (f bits ( a sponge1 a hydra1 "o obta9s z _m new individuals1 :i* :5 !y h gr[n "o may aga9 divide1 & s on repeat$ly1 b n indef9itely4 ,at a v>iable in/ant1 aft] a c]ta9 numb] ( g5]ations by fragm5tation1 s5esc5ce appe>s among ! s produc$ individuals2 ! clipp$ morsels rema9 in]t4 ,?us ?is sort ( artificial virg9 bir? has a limit1 z has normal p>!nog5esis1 & 9 ord] t ! individuals may rega9 _! p>!nog5etic =ce "o mu/ give !m "t to reg5]ate _! cellules by ! c\pl+ :i* fecundates !m4 ,fecundation is 9 all cases1 d\btless1 m]ely a rejuv5ation1 ?us consid]$ x is uni=m n only ?r\gh\t ! animal s]ies1 b ?r\gh\t ! vegetable4 ,"o ought to exp]im5t 9 slip-cutt+1 & discov] at :at po9t ! slip cut f a slip beg9s to dim9i% 9 vitality4 ,c\pl+ & fecundation h ! same result3 x is necess>y t cellules ,a unite ) cellules ,b 7macro-nucleus & micro-nucleus among protozoaires2 ovule & sp]matozoid among metazoaires71 9 ord] t ! organism may usefully ext]iorize a "p ( its sub/ance4 ,:5 ! too complex organism has lo/ ! primitive faculty ( segm5tation1 x makes use1 directly1 to reproduce itself1 ( c]ta9 cellules diff]5tiat$ = t purpose3 x is ^! cellules unit$ into a :ole1 :i* re9tegrate & give bir? to a d\ble ( ! g5]at+ individual or individuals4 ,f ! top to ! bottom ( ! sexual scale ! new be+ spr+s inv>iably f a duality4 ,! multiplication takes place only 9 space4 ,9 "t ! product is a contraction1 two giv+ "o4 ,scissip>ity is compatible ) ! exi/5ce ( sep>ate sexes1 z 9 ! />fi%4 ,?is fanta/ic animal ) no in/rum5t save its suck]s op5s oy/]s1 envelops !m ) its /oma* :i* x unbellies 7vomits71 dev\rs !m4 ,x is n less curi\s 9 reason ( its v>iety ( reproductive mode1 s]v+ itself ( sexual app>atus1 or budd+1 or ca/+ an arm :i* becomes a new creature4 ,?us x is difficult to class animals accord+ to _! mann] ( reproduction2 h]maphrodism is ano!r block4 ,?is mode is d\btless primitive1 s9ce x is ( ! type ( protozoaire c\pl+1 b x is greatly complicat$ :5 x p]si/s1 = example up to ! mom5t :]e x disappe>s 9 ! mollusk s]ies1 :]e( "s possess s luxuri\s a love-organism4 ,! simple & v naive =m1 t 9 :i* ! sp]m & ! eggs are produc$ simultane\sly inside ! same individual1 is f\nd only 9 inf]ior organisms4 ,normal p>!nog5esis belong equally to summ>y & to complicat$ animals1 to :eel-animals & to bees4 ,among ar?ropodes1 t is to say among insects 9 g5]al1 ! sexes are always sep>ate1 save 9 c]ta9 t>digrade ara*nids1 b ^! are ! ones :i* (f] ! f9e/ cases ( p>!nog5esis1 g5]ation )\t aid ( ! male4 ,! t]m ne$ n be tak5 lit]ally4 ,= z !re is no indef9ite scissip>ity )\t c\pl+1 !re is no unlimit$ p>!nog5esis )\t fecundation3 ! female is fecundat$ = sev]al g5]ations :i* transmit ?is p[]1 b !re comes a day :5 ! female :o has n enc\nt]$ a male gives bir? to males & females4 ,!y c\ple & produce females p>!nog5etically end[$4 ,?is has be5 = long "t a my/]y1--x is /ill a my/]y1 = side by side ) normal p>!nog5esis !re is irregul> p>!nog5esis1 !re are cases :]e non-fecundat$ eggs behave exactly z fecundat$ eggs1 )\t anyone's kn[+ :y4 ,! virg9-begott5 cycle ( plant-lice is fam\s1 t ( :eel-animals n less ent]ta9+4 ,! males1 small] ?an ! females1 live b two or ?ree days1 c\ple & die4 ,! fecundat$ females lay eggs :5ce come no?+ b females1 unless ! eggs are subject$ to a temp]ature above #ah degrees 7c5tigrade72 above t ! eggs hat* out males4 ,betwe5 ! p]iods ( c\pl+ !re are long /ret*es ( virg9-bir?1 no?+ b females produc+ females1 until ! temp]ature p]mits a male hat*4 ,9 two ye>s ! plant l\se runs ?r\gh t5 or twelve p>!nog5eses2 9 ,july ( ! second ye>1 !re appe> w+$ individuals1 ^! are /ill female1 b d\ble size1 & !y lay two sets ( eggs1 :]e( ! small] hat* male 7! male is ?ree or f\r times small] ?an ! female71 ! l>g] eggs hat* female2 !re is c\pl+ & ! cycle beg9s aga94 ,= long p believ$ ! plant l\se truly &rogyn\s4 ,raumur & ,bonnet1 hav+ se5 isolat$ plant-lice reproduce !mselves 7 conv9c$ ( ?is1 :5 ,trembley1 a man ( g5ius1 celebrat$ also = 8 obs]vations ( hydra1 ?rew out ! idea3 ,:o kn[s :e!r a c\pl+ ( ^! lice does n fecundate !m = sev]al g5]ations8 ,he _h discov]$ ! basis ( p>!nog5esis4 ,facts upheld him4 ,bonnet describ$ ! male & female1 & not$ ev5 ! g5ital ard\r ( ?is /ick+ leaf-l\se1 ?is mil*-c[ ( ! ants4 ,p>!nog5esis is a sign-po/4 ,no?+ m cle>ly demon/rates ! importance ( ! male or ! precision ( 8 function4 ,! female appe>s to be ! :ole %[1 )\t ! male %e is no?+4 ,%e is ! ma*9e & has to be w\nd up to g4 ,! male is m]ely ! key4 ,p h tri$ to obta9 fecundation by false keys4 ,eggs ( sea-anemones1 & />-fi% h be5 hat*$ by contact ) excit+ *emicals1 acids1 alkal9es1 sug>1 salt1 alcohol1 e!r1 *lor(orm1 /ry*n9e gas1 c>bonic acid4 ,b "o has nev] be5 able to br+ ^! sci5tific l>v to maturity1 & ev]y?+ leads "o to believe t if "o succe$$1 & t if ^! artificial be+s 7 capable ( reproduction1 x w\ld be b = a limit$ p]iod4 ,?is provok$ p>!nog5esis is nei!r m nor less int]e/+ ?an ! normal4 ,x is d\btless abnormal1 b abnormal p>!nog5esis is n infrequ5t 9 nature2 eggs ( ! bombyx1 ( />-fi%1 & ( frogs1 hat* sometimes )\t fecundation1 & v probably because !y h accid5tally come up aga9/ ! v /imulant :i* ! excell5t exp]im5t]s h lavi%$ on !m4 ,:e!r sp]m acts z an excitant or z fecundator1 ! action is no easi] to und]/& by "o label ?an by ano!r4 ,! que5 bee lays bo? fecundat$ & non-fecundat$ eggs2 ! fir/ hat* female1 ! second inv>iably male1 "h ! male elem5t w\ld seem to be ! product ( p>!nog5esis & ! female to require previ\s fecundation4 ,9 contra/1 among plant-lice1 ! g5]ations ( female cont9ue = ne>ly two ye>s4 ,!re is an ord] 9 ^! ?+s1 z 9 all ?+s1 b x is n yet app>5t2 "o notes only1 t h[ev] long & v>i$ be ! p>!nog5etic p]iod1 x is limit$ some:]e by ! necessity ( ! female pr9ciple be+ unit$ ) ! male pr9ciple4 ,aft] all1 h]$it>y fecundation is no m extraord9>y ?an p>ticul> fecundation1 x is a mode ( p]petuat+ life :i* ! ex]cise ( "o's reason %\ld make "o consid] z p]fectly normal4 ,"o ought1 at ! end ( ?is summ>y *apt]1 to be c\rage\s en\gh to say t fecundation1 z vulg>ly und]/ood1 is m]ely an illusion4 ,tak+ man & woman 7or no matt] :at dioic metazoaire7 ! man does n fecundate ! woman2 :at happ5s is at once m my/]i\s & m simple4 ,f ! male ,a1 ! great ,male1 & f ! great ,female ,b are born )\t any fecundation :atev]1 spontane\sly1 little males a & little females #f4 ,^! little males are call$ sp]matozoides1 & ! little females1 ovules2 x is betwe5 ^! new creatures1 betwe5 ^! spores1 t ! fecundat+ union occurs4 ,"o !n obs]ves t a & b resolve !mselves into a ?ird animal x1 :i* by natural gr[? becomes ei!r ,a or ,b4 ,!n ! cycle beg9s aga94 ,! union betwe5 ,a & ,b is m]ely a prep>ation2 ,a & ,b are no?+ b *annels c>ry+ a & b1 c>ry+ !m (t5 f> beyond !mselves4 ,l ! plant-lice or drones1 ! mammif]s call$ man are subject to alt]nate g5]ation1 "o p>!nog5esis always sep>at+ ! v]itable conjunction ( ! diff]5tiat$ elem5ts4 ,c\pl+ is n fecundation2 x is m]ely ! me*anism2 its utility is m]ely 9 t x puts two p>!nog5etic products into relation4 ,?is relation occurs inside ! female1 or outside ! female 7z 9 case ( fi%es72 ! milieu has an importance ( fact1 n ( pr9ciple4 ,,*apt] ,,iv ,,sexual ,,dimorphism ,i4 ,inv]tebrates3 =mation ( ! male4--,primitivity ( ! female4--,m9uscule males3 ! bonellie4 --,regression ( ! male into ! male organ3 ! cirrip$es4--,g5]ality ( sexual dimorphism4--,sup]iority ( ! female 9 mo/ insect species4--,exceptions4--,num]ic dimorphism4--,female hym5opt]a4--,multiplicity ( h] activities4--,male's purely sexual rle4-- ,dimorphism ( ants & t]mites4--,gras%opp]s & crickets4--,spid]s4--,coleopt]a4--,gl[-w orm4 --,co*9eal's /range dimorphism4 ,i4 ,inv]tebrates4--,at a mom5t fairly undecid$ 9 ! g5]al evolution ! male organ specializes into ! male individual4 ,religi\s symbolisms may or might h be5 int5d$ to mean ?is4 ,! female is primitive4 ,at ! ?ird mon?1 ! human embryo has ext]nal uro-g5ital organs cle>ly resembl+ ! female organs4 ,to arrive at complete female e/ate !y ne$ und]go b a v slight modification2 to become male !y h to und]go a consid]able & v complex trans=mation4 ,! ext]nal g5ital organs ( ! female are n1 z has be5 (t5 said1 ! product ( an arre/$ developm5t2 q ! contr>y1 ! male organs und]go a supplem5t>y developm5t1 :i* is moreov] useless1 = ! p5is is a luxury & a dang]3 ! bird :o does )\t x is no less wanton !reby4 ,"o f9ds g5]al pro( ( ! female's primitivity 9 ! extreme smallness ( c]ta9 male inv]tebrates1 s t9y inde$ t "o c only consid] !m z autonom\s mascul9e organs1 or ev5 z sp]matozoides4 ,! male ( ! syngames 7an int]nal p>asite ( birds7 is less a creature ?an an app5dix2 he rema9s 9 con/ant contact ) ! organs ( ! female1 /uck obliquely into h] side1 & ju/ify+ ! "n two-head$ worm :i* has be5 giv5 to ?is wret*$ & duplex animalculus4 ,! female bonellie is a sea worm %ap$ l a sort ( cornucopia sack fifte5 c5timetres 9 l5g?3 ! male is repres5t$ by a m9uscule filam5t ( ab\t "o or two millimetres1 t is to say ab\t "o-?\s&? h] size4 ,ea* female supports ab\t tw5ty4 ,^! males live1 fir/ 9 ! sophagus1 !n desc5d into ! oviduct :]e !y impregnate ! eggs4 ,only _! v def9ite function cle>s !m f ! *>ge ( be+ p>asites2 9 fact !y 7 long suppos$ to be p>asites1 :ile m5 s\ght va9ly = ! male ( ! prodigi\s bonellie4 ,side by side ) males :o are m]ely individualiz$ sexual organs1 "o sees males :o h lo/ ne>ly all organs save ! male organ itself4 ,c]ta9 h]maphrodite cirrip$es 7mollusks atta*$ by a p$uncle /alk7 cl+ z p>asites to ! coat ( o!r cirrip$es3 :5ce a dim9ution ( volume1 a regression ( ov>ies1 abolition ( nutritive functions2 ! /alk takes root 9 ! liv+1 n\ri%+ milieu4 ,b "o organ1 ! male "o1 p]si/s 9 ^! dim9i%$ cirrip$es1 & takes on enorm\s proportions1 absorb+ ! :ole ( ! animal4 ,) only a slight fur!r *ange "o w\ld see ! trans=mation ( male into male organ completely accompli%$1 z "o does1 moreov]1 9 ! hydr>ia4 ,become aga9 an integral "p ( an organism f :i* x _h =m]ly sep>at$ to become an individual1 ! male m]ely returns1 to its orig9s & cle>ly c]tifies :at !y 74 ,! bonellie1 :i* is "o ( ! mo/ def9ite examples ( dimorphism1 is also an example ( ! s+ul> fem9ism :i* "o normally f9ds 9 nature4 ,= fem9ism reigns !re1 especially among inf]ior species & 9 insects4 ,x is almo/ only among mammif]s & 9 c]ta9 gr\ps ( birds t ! male is equal or sup]ior to ! female4 ,"o w\ld say t he has sl[ly atta9$ a fir/ place n int5d$ by nature = him4 ,x is probable t1 reliev$ ( all c>e1 aft] ! fecundation1 he has _h m leisure ?an ! female :]e9 to develop 8 p[]s4 ,x is also possible1 & m probable1 t ^! extremely div]se cases ( resemblance & dissemblance are due to causes too num]\s & too v>i$ = u to seize _! logical sequ5ce4 ,! facts are obvi\s3 ! male & ! female diff] ne>ly always1 & diff] (t5 pr(\ndly4 ,_m insects vulg>ly suppos$ to be diff]5t species are b males & females ( "o race seek+ ea* o!r = mat+4 ,x ne$s "s k to recognize a pair ( blackbirds1 ! male black all ov]1 & ! female br[n-back$ ) grey ?roat & russet belly4 ,:ile h]maphrodism dem&s a p]fect resemblance ( individuals--save 9 cases l ! cirrip$es1 :]e !re is a male supplem5t>y p>asite--! sep>ation ( ! sexes leads1 9 pr9ciple1 to dimorphism1 ! rle ( ! male1 8 modes ( activity diff] f ^? ( ! female2 a diff]5ce f\nd also among dioic plants4 ,hemp is a well kn[n case1 al?\gh ! tall] %oots :i* ! peasants call male are 9 exact contr>y1 ! females4 ,! small g>d5-lov+ nettle has two sexes on ! same /alk2 ! great] nettle1 f\nd 9 uncultivat$ l&1 is dioic3 ! male /alk has v long flopp+ leaves & fl[]s hang+ along ! /em2 ! leaves & fl[]s ( ! female /alk are %ort & /& almo/ upright4 ,"h ! dimorphism is n 9 fav\r ( ! female1 b imp>tial4 ,( insects ! female is ne>ly always ! sup]ior individual4 ,x is n ?is m>vell\s small creature1 nature's div]g5t & m9uscule k+ :o (f]s u ! spectacle ( ! bilh>gie1 spe>wort1 :]e( ! female1 m$iocre blade1 lives1 l a sword %ea!d 9 ! holl[ /oma* ( ! male4 ,?is timid life & its p]petual am\rs w\ld horrify ! bold female sc>aba1 adroit *alicodomes1 cold wise lycoses1 & pr\d1 t]rible1 amazonian mantes4 ,9 ! insect _w ! male is ! frail elegant sex1 g5tle & sob]1 ) no employm5t save to please & to love4 ,to ! female ! heavy "w ( digg+1 ( masonry1 & ! dang] ( hunt & ( w>4 ,!re are exceptions1 b f\nd *iefly among p>asites1 among ! degrad$1 l ! x5os :i* lives )\t di/9ction ^u wasps1 coleopt]a1 & neuropt]a4 ,! male is provid$ ) two l>ge w+s2 ! female has nei!r w+s1 feet1 eyes1 nor ant5n2 is a small worm4 ,aft] metamorphosis ! male em]ges1 flies a little1 !n returns to ! female :o has rema9$ inside ! nymphal envelope1 & fecundates h] 9 h] wrapp+s4 ,o!r exceptions1 ?is "t normal1 are furni%$ by butt]flies1 t is to say by a sort ( insect :i* is v placid1 & :i*1 at lea/ 9 ! w+$ =m1 is addict$ nei!r to hunt+ nor to any trade or bus9ess function4 ,"o gives ! "n psy*e to a v small butt]fly :i* flutt]s out r clumsily 9 ! morn+2 x is ! male4 ,! female is a huge worm1 fifte5 times z long1 t5 times z fat4 ,! lov]s are 9 ! proportion ( a cock to a c[4 ,"h ! fem9ism is :olly ludicr\s4 ,!re is ! same disproportion 9 ! mulb]ry bombyx1 ( :i* ! female is mu* heavi] ?an ! male2 %e flies ) difficulty1 a passive bea/ :o submits to a fecundation la/+ sev]al h\rs2 likewise 9 ! autumn butt]fly1 *eimatobia1 ! male sports two pairs ( f9e w+s on a sp9dle body1 ! female is a gross fat keg ) rudim5t>y w+s1 incapable ( flight2 %e climbs difficultly into trees on ^: buds h] cat]pill> fe$s itself2 9 ! case ( ano!r butt]fly :i* "o calls1 absurdly1 ! orgye1 ! male has all ! *>act]i/ics ( lepidopt]a1 ! female is almo/ w+less ) a heavy & swoll5 body & a c>riage ab\t z pleas+ z t ( a mon/r\s wood-l\se2 !re is ! same disproportion 9 ! graceful1 agile & delicate lip>is1 kn[n z ! zig-zag because ( 8 w+-m>k+s2 he w\ld h>dly discov] 8 mate )\t aid f in/9ct1 %e be+ a :iti% bea/ ) heavy abdom5 rum9at+ motionless 9 ! tree-b>k4 ,neighb\r+ species1 ! monk1 ! br[n-rump1 ! gold-rump %[ h>dly any sexual diff]5ces4 ,num]ic dimorphism foll[s dimorphism ( mass2 ! family ( "o sort ( butt]fly ( ! ,m>quesas ,isl&s is compos$ ( "o male & ( five females all diff]5t1 s diff]5t t "o long suppos$ !m di/9ct species4 ,"h ! advantage is obvi\sly on ! side ( ! male "l ( ?is spl5did h>em4 ,nature1 pr(\ndly ignorant ( our snivel+ ideas ( ju/ice & equality1 va/ly pamp]s c]ta9 animal species1 :ile %[+ h]self h>% & indiff]5t to o!rs2 n[ ! male is fav\r$1 n[ ! female1 ^u :om ! greate/ mass ( sup]iorities is heap$1 & ^u :om likewise all ! cruelties & disda9s4 ,! hym5opt]a include bees1 bumble-bees1 wasps1 scolies1 ants1 masons1 sphex1 bembex1 osmies1 etc4 ,! place ( ^! among insects is analog\s to t ( ! primates or ev5 ( man among mammif]s4 ,b :ile woman1 n animally inf]ior to h] male1 rema9s bel[ him 9 ne>ly all intellectual activities1 among ! hym5opt]a ! female is bo? bra9 & ! tool1 ! eng9e]1 ! work+-/aff1 ! mi/ress1 "m1 & nurse unless1 z 9 ! case ( bees1 %e ca/s ^u a ?ird sex all duties n purely sexual4 ,! males make love4 ,! male ( ! ta*yte1 a sort ( wasp r l ! sphex1 is ab\t eight times small] ?an ! female1 b he is a v ard5t small lov]1 m>vell\sly equipp$ = ! amor\s que/2 8 citron-col\r$ diadem is made ( eyes1 is a girdle ( enorm\s eyes1 a ligh?\se :5ce he explores 8 horizon1 ready to fall l an arr[ ^u ! loit]+ female4 ,:5 fecundat$1 ! %e-ta*yte con/ructs a cellul> ne/ :i* %e packs ) ! t]rible mantis1 ( :om %e is ! always victori\s enemy2 = kn[+ by incompreh5sible in/9ct :e!r %e is ab\t to lay a male or a female egg1 %e augm5ts or dim9i%es1 accord+ to its sex1 ! l>d] = ! l>v ! t9y male is allott$ a dw>f provision4 ,! male hornet is notably small] ?an ! female1 & ! neut] hornet /ill small]4 ,! male p9e lophyr is black1 ! female yell[4 ,! male ( ! *alicodome or mason-bee is russet1 ! f> m beautiful female is a f9e velvety black ) deep violet w+s4 ,:ile ! male loafs & bumbles %e artfully & pati5tly re>s ! big-dom$ clay ne/ :]e h] (fspr+ pass _! l>v days4 ,?is bee lives 9 colonies b ! lab\r is individual1 ea* do+ h] "w )\t bo!r+ ab\t t ( h] neighb\r1 unless x be to rob h] or spoil h] con/ruction1 z 9 a civilization n unkn[n to u4 ,! female mason is arm$1 b by no means aggressive4 ,9 _m hym5opt]a only ! female c>ries ! sword1 z 9 ! case ( ! gild$ wasp1 gold-/rip$ ov] blue or r$1 :o c project a long ne$le f h] abdom52 ! female philan!1 :o is c>nivor\s1 :ile ! pu]ile un>m$ male lives ^u fl[]-poll54 ,n disda9+ ?is natural dess]t1 ! female philan! w attack ! nect>-load$ bee ) h] great d>t1 /ab him & pump out 8 crop4 ,"o may see ! f]oci\s small animal knead ! dead bee = half an h\r1 squeeze him l a lemon1 dr9k him out l a g\rd4 ,*>m+ & c&id habits ( ^! w+$ topazes :irr+ among ! fl[]s6 ,fabre has excus$ ?is sadique g\rm&iz+3 ! philan! kills bees 9 ord] to fe$ h] l>v1 :o h1 h[ev]1 s great a repugnance = honey t !y die ^u contact ) x2 x is !re=e out ( %e] mat]nal devotion t %e intoxicates h]self ) ?is poison6 ,all ?+s are1 9 nature1 possible4 ,b x might n be unreasonable to say t if ! l>v ( ! philan! hate honey1 x is because _! greatly honey-lov+ "m has nev] all[$ !m a drop ( x4 ,"o ( ! r>e cases ( hym5opt]a :]e ! female appe>s inf]ior to ! male is ! mutille or ant-spid]4 ,! male is l>g]1 has w+s & lives on fl[]s4 ,! female is apt]al1 b provid$ ) a noisy app>atus = attract+ ! male's att5tion4 ,! male ( ! cynips ( ! oak-apple1 ! t]m9al cynips1 has a blond body ) l>ge diaphan\s w+s1 ! br[n & black female is w+less4 ,! male yell[ cimbex sl5d]1 & br[n ) a spot ( yell[1 is s diff]5t f ! r\nd female ) yell[ belly & black head1 t !y 7 long ?\ght ( diff]5t species4 ,ants l all social hym5opt]a are1 z "o kn[s1 divid$ into ?ree sexes1 w+$ males & females & w+less neut]s4 ,fecundation takes place 9 ! air2 ! lov]s fly up1 jo91 fall enlock$1 a gold5 cl\d :i* ! dea? ( ! males disp]ses1 :ile ! females1 los+ _! w+s1 re-ent] ! h\se = egg-lay+4 ,! work]s or neut]s are g5]ally small]1 z noticeably 9 ! great r$ wood-ants1 :o dig _! %elt]s 9 /umps4 ,:ite ants or t]mites#a %[ v acc5tuat$ dimorphism2 ! female or que5 hav+ a head almo/ z l>ge z t ( a bee1 a belly ! ?ickness ( "o's f+]1 long 9 proportion1 & gr[+ to be fifte5 times z l>ge z ! re/ ( h] body4 ,?is sexual tub lays cont9u\sly )\t any let-up at ! spe$ ( an egg p] second4 ,! male1 z 9 ,baudelaire's vision ( ! giantess1 lives 9 ! %ad[ ( ?is =midable m\nta9 ( female p[] & luxury4 ,among ! t]mites !re is n a f\r? sex b a f\r? way ( be+ sexless4 ,!re are soldi]s z well z work]s1 ! soldi]s hav+ p[]ful m&ibles m\nt$ on enorm\s heads4 ,all ! t]mite cu/oms are extraord9>y1 & _! conic ne/s rea* a height hav+ a relation to !m t a h\se five or six hundr$ metres high w\ld h to u4 ,( mosquitoes & m>+\9 mosquitoes & all insects ( t sort1 ! females alone prick & suck ! blood ( mammif]s4 ,! males live on fl[]s & tree-trunks4 ,"o sees !m 9 =e/ alleys & cle>+s1 mov+ regul>ly z 9 army manuvres1 !y are sc\t+1 wat*+ = females2 z soon z a male has caught "o he seizes h]1 & disappe>s up into ! air :]e ! union is accompli%$4 ,only ! male cricket has a noise-ma*9e1 only ! female a he>+ me*anism1 situat$ 9 h] front legs4 ,likewise x is ! male gras%opp] :o s\nds4 ,a love-call8 ,p say s1 b !re is no pro(4 ,gras%opp]s live1 male & female 9 complete promiscuity l9$ up on ! tree-b>k2 su* a quantity ( music is unnecess>y1 & moreov] if ! female gras%opp] isn't deaf1 %e has an almo/ ins5sible he>+4 ,x is probable t ! song ( insects & birds1 if x is sometimes a love-call1 is m (t5 only a physiological ex]cise1 at once necess>y & dis9t]e/$4 ,fabre1 :o liv$ all 8 life among ! implacable noises ( ! ,prov5al c\ntry-side1 sees 9 ! viol9 ( ! locu/1 9 ! bag-pipe ( ! tree-toad1 9 ! cymbals ( ! cacan only a means suitable to express+ ! joy ( liv+1 ! univ]sal joy :i* ea* animal species celebrates 9 its own fa%ion4#b ,:y !n is ! female mute8 ,x is c]ta9ly absurd & pr(\ndly useless to summon1 9 almo/ un9t]rupt$ song1 f morn till eve1 a companion :om "o sees seat$ beside "o pump+ ! juice out ( a plane-tree2 b x has p]haps n always be5 s4 ,! two sexes may h _h1 9 ! pa/1 habits m div]g5t4 ,! plane-tree :i* unites !m 9 ! same fe$+-gr\nd has n always gr[n 9 ,prov5ce4 ,! un5d+ song may h be5 useful at a "t :5 ! sexes liv$ sep>ate1 & may h rema9$ z evid5ce ( anci5t cu/oms4 ,x is moreov] a commonly obs]v$ fact t activities long survive ! p]iod ( _! utility4 ,man & all animals are full ( maniac ge/ures ^: movem5t is only explicable on ! hypo!sis t x _h once a diff]5t int5tion4 ,! female spid] is ne>ly always sup]ior to ! male 9 size1 indu/ry1 activity1 & means ( def5ce & attack4 ,we w note _! sexual habits lat]1 b mu/ obs]ve "h _! p>ticul> cases ( dimorphism4 ,! ,madagasc> %e-epeire is enorm\s1 v h&some1 black1 r$1 silv] & gold4 ,%e rigs up a =midable web 9 h] tree1 ne> :i* "o sees always a mode/ & pu]ile ske91 ! "w ( a m9uscule male keep+ an anxi\s eye on ! *ance ( sidl+ up to 8 t]rible mi/ress1 & risk+ 8 w$d+-dea?4 ,! argyronete or wat]-spid]1 returns ! balance to ! male1 :o is fatt]1 l>g]1 & provid$ ) long] limbs4 ,! male triumphs aga91 & m frequ5tly1 among coleopt]a4 ,! nasicom sc>ab1 s call$ mo/ aptly because he c>ries on 8 head a long back-b5d+ ar*$ horn1 has all 8 *e/ solidly arm\r$2 ! female has nei!r horn nor cuirass4 ,ev]yone kn[s ! fly+-/ag or lucane 7/ag-beetle1 bull-fly71 enorm\s coleopt]a :i* flies ?r\gh ! summ] ev5+ buzz+ l a top4 ,he is fe>$ = ! bold appe>ance ( 8 long m&ibles :i* bran* l /ag's horns & :i* ! un9/ruct$ take = dang]\s p9c]s4 ,he is ! male1 8 w>-ge> pure ornam5t1 z he lives in(f5sively by suck+ tree-sap4 ,! mu* small] females are devoid ( w>like app>atus1 !y are v few 9 numb]1 & x is 9 ! excitem5t ( se>*+ = !m t ! male1 ^: life is %ort & :o kn[s x1 :irls l a maniac1 & bangs himself into our trembl+ e>s4 ,"h aga9 "o div9es animals :o h *ang$ _! habits m quickly ?an _! organs4 ,! old pirate has kept 8 dagg]s & axes1 b ab&on$1 no "o kn[s :y1 to veget>ian diet1 he has lo/ all p[] to use !m1 he is m]ely a /age-sup]4 ,b maybe ?is ge> impresses ! female8 ,%e c$es m will+ly to ?is hector :o gives h] ! illusion ( /r5g?1 t is ( ! male's beauty4 ,! gl[-worm is a real worm1 b a l>va r ?an a def9itive animal4 ,! male ( ?is female is a p]fect insect1 provid$ ) w+s :i* he uses to seek 9 ! d>kness ! female :o %9es m brightly z %e m desires to be look$ at & m\nt$4 ,!re is a k9d ( lampyre ( :i* bo? sexes are equally phosphoresc5t1 "o 9 ! air1 ! male1 ! o!r on ! gr\nd :]e %e awaits him4 ,aft] c\pl+ !y fade z lamps :5 ext+ui%$4 ,?is lum9osity is1 evid5tly1 ( an int]e/ purely sexual4 ,:5 ! female sees ! small fly+ /> desc5d t[>d h]1 %e ga!rs h] wits1 & prep>es = hypocrite def5ce common to all h] sex1 %e plays ! belle & ! ba%ful1 exults 9 fe>1 trembles 9 joy4 ,! fad+ light is symbolic ( ! de/9y ( ne>ly all insects1 & ( _m animals also2 c\pl+ accompli%$1 _! reason = be+ disappe>s & life vani%es f !m4 ,! male co*9eal has a long body ) v delicate w+s1 transp>5t & :i* at a di/ance look l ^? ( a bee2 he is provid$ ) a sort ( tail =m$ ( two silky /r&s4 ,"o sees him fly+ ov] ! nopals1 !n sudd5ly alight+ on a female1 :o resembles a fat wood-l\se r\nd & puffy1 twice z /\t z ! male1 w+less4 ,glu$ by h] feet to a bran*1 ) h] proboscis /uck into x1 cont9ually pump+ sap1 %e looks l a fruit1 l an oak-apple or oak-gall on a p$uncle = :i* reason ,raumur call$ h] picturesquely ! gall-insect4 ,9 c]ta9 species ( cocides ! male is s small t 8 proportion is t ( an ant /roll+ ov] a pea*4 ,8 go+s & com+s are l ^? ( an ant hunt+ = a s(t spot to bite1 b he is seek+ ! g5ital cleft1 & hav+ f\nd x1 (t5 aft] long & anxi\s explorations1 he fulfills 8 functions1 falls (f & dies4 #a ,^! are neuropt]a or pseudo-neuropt]a1 b _! habits br+ !m noticeably ne> to social hym5opt]a4 #b ,s\v5irs entomologiques1 tome ,v4 p4 #bef4 ,,*apt] ,v ,,sexual ,,dimorphism ,,ii4 ,v]tebrates3--,unnoticeable 9 fi%1 saurians1 reptiles4--,! ,bird ,_w4--,dimorphism fav\rable to males3 ! oriole1 pheasants1 ! ruff4--,peacocks & turkey-cocks4--,birds ( p>adise4--,mod]ate dimorphism ( mammif]s4--,effects ( ca/ration on dimorphism4 ,,ii4 ,v]tebrates4--,sexual diff]5ces are g5]ally unnoticeable 9 fi%1 reptiles & saurians4 ,!y are acc5tuat$ :5 we come to sup]ior v]tebrates1 to birds & mammals1 b )\t ev] atta9+ ! extreme diff]5ce :i* *>act]izes a great numb] ( ar?ropodes4 ,9 birds ! disp>ity may be ( col\r+1 size1 or l5g?1 =m & curl9ess ( ! fea!rs2 among mammals1 ( %ape1 hair1 be>d or horns4 ,sometimes ! female bird is f9] & /rong]2 ?us /rong] & ( m p[]ful w+-spread 9 ! case ( ! secret>y1 ! buzz>d1 ! falcon1 ! a%-col\r$ vulture & _m birds ( prey2 m beautiful z 9 ! ,indian tumices4#a ,"o ( !m1 ! gray phal>ope1 solves woman's dream 9 fav\r ( ! female1 leav+ h] ! brilliant col\rs2 ! male cont5ts himself ) m sob] clo?+ &1 n be+ able to lay1 assumes at lea/ ! fur!r mat]nal c>es3 sitt+ on ! eggs4 ,9 g5]al1 nature is1 9 ! bird _w1 fav\rable to ! male4 ,he is a pr9ce ^: wife appe>s morganatic4 ,(t5 small]1 z ! female canepeti]e 7a sort ( bu/>d71 :ile ! female g>d5 w>bl] is ne>ly always clo!d z ,c9d]ella4 ,! birds :i* wom5 h massacr$ 9 millions 9 ord] to deck !mselves z p>rots & jays1 are male birds = ! mo/ "p2 _! si/]s be> m mode/ clo?+1 & "o w\ld say t ?is humility1 become fav\rable to _! species1 _h be5 develop$ by nature 9 provision ( human /upidity & badhe>t$ness4 ,! gold-yell[ oriole ) black w+s & tail1 has = mate a br[n sp>r[ ) grey & gre5i% t\*es4 ,! silv] pheasant 7a false pheasant7 has a black tuft /&+ up f 8 silv]-:ite nape1 8 neck & back are ( ! same metal2 8 d>k belly has a blue %imm]1 8 beak is blue1 8 *eeks r$1 & 8 feet1 r$4 ,! small] female cov]s h] belly sadly 9 a :iti% *emise1 h] back is russet4 ,9 ! true pheasant ! dimorphism is /ill m m>k$4 ,! l>ge1 pr\d male 7we are deal+ ) ! common pheasant7 :o has no objection to be+ admir$1 is deep gre5 on nape & neck1 copp]-r$ ) violet %imm] on back1 flanks1 belly & brea/2 8 tail russet ) black b&s1 a r$di% br[n tuft spreads f 8 head1 & ! eye-circle is vivid r$4 ,! mu* small] female has an e>?y plumage speckl$ ) black4 ,! fair ,gold5 ,pheasant is really all gold5 ov] gre54 ,8 yell[ tail & w+s & 8 saffron r$ belly complete ?is m>vell\s mascul9e spl5d\r4 ,! female mu/ cont5t h]self ) burnt si5na back-cov]+ :i* comes d[n onto h] o*re-col\r$ belly4 ,a little head project+ f an enorm\s neck-circle ( :ite out-puff+ fea!rs1 middle siz$ body1 & long legs4 ,x is ! combatant 7ruff-bird74 ,"o mu/ add a tap]+ beak1 ornam5t$ at ! base by a sort ( r$ grape4 ,"o c't say :at col\r ! male is1 he is ( all col\rs4 ,"o leaves him :ite1 & f9ds him r$2 he 0 black1 & is violet2 lat] he w be speckl$ or b&$ 9 mo/ v>i$ hues4 ,8 ruff is an ornam5t & a def5ce2 he loses bo? x & 8 r$ grape ) ! pass+ ( 8 fight+ & lov+ season4 ,?is in/ability ( fea!r+ accords curi\sly ) ! in/ability ( 8 "*2 no animal is m irritable or cantank]\s4 ,"o c n keep him captive save solit>y & 9 obscurity4 ,! female1 some:at less turbul5t nev] *anges h] ve/m5t1 an inv>iable gray1 ) a small am\nt ( br[n on ! back4 ,peacocks & turkey-cocks alone c spread :eel-wise _! fan-tails1 z also ! cock bu/>d2 !y alone are provid$ ) great wattles4 ,! m5ure h5 lifts1 z ! cock1 a lyre ( fea!rs1 b x is a t>ni%$ & m$iocre imitation ( h] ma/]'s1 :i* gli/5s 9 all %ades ris+ & curv+ ) su* p>adoxical grace4 ,! dimorphism ( birds ( p>adise is ev5 m m>k$ ?an 9 ! prec$+ cases4 ,nape citron-yell[1 ?roat gre51 =ehead black1 back 9 burnt *e/nut1 ! cock's tail has two long plumes1 8 flanks two f9e tap]+ fea!rs ( yell[-orange m>k$ 9 r$1 :i* he c spread bran*+ or draw 9 at w2 ! dim female is )\t ornam5t4 ,! sifilet1 a bird relat$ to ! birds ( p>adise has1 fix$ betwe5 eye & e> a pair ( f9e plumes twice ! l5g? ( 8 body1 :i* float z he walks l :ite blue-%imm]+ /ream]s4 ,x is a lov]'s p>aph]nalia1 :i* ! female 9 consequ5ce does )\t1 :ile ! male loses 8 aft] mat+4 ,! dissemblance ( b>ny>d cock & h5 are well en\gh kn[n to give ev]yone a cle> idea ( dimorphism 9 birds & to %[ diff]5ce ( *>act]s p>allel ) diff]5ce ( =m4 ,! dimorphism ( mammals is ev5 less (t5 fav\rable to ! female ?an is t ( birds4 ,"o c cite b ! sole example ( ! ,am]ican tapir :]e ! male is small] ?an ! female4#b ,! contr>y is ne>ly always ! case4 ,sometimes ! two sexes h an id5tical appe>ance3 c\g>s1 cats1 pan!rs1 s]vals4 ,if !re is a rule1 x is difficult to =mulate1 = side by side ) ^! fel9es )\t sexual dimorphism1 ! sex ( lions & tig]s cle>ly det]m9es _! =ms4 ,among mammif]s !re are biz>re resemblances & b>oque diff]5ces4 ,! he & %e mole1 at fir/ sight1 appe> ! same ev5 to _! ext]ior sexual organs1 ! female's clitoris is1 l ! male's p5is1 p]=at$ to let ! uret] pass ?r\gh x4 ,b "h1 z we %all see lat]1 ! morphologic resemblance by no means indicates simil>ity ( *>act]s2 ! female mole is excessively female4 ,!re is b>oque diff]5ce ( sexes 9 ! capp$ seal ( ,gre5l& & ,t]ra ,nova4 ,! male c puff out 8 head-sk9 into an enorm\s helmet4 ,to :at purpose8 ,possibly to sc>e nave enemies4 ,true to h] rle ( protg ! female c n ?r[ ?is bluff1 :i* is us$ by ,*9ese w>riors1 by c]ta9 insects l ! mantis & by ! cobra among s]p5ts4 ,%e-br[n be>s & %e-kang>oos are small] ?an males4 ,9 all ! de] tribes save re9de] ! male alone is horn$1 & ?is is ! by no means ridicul\s orig9 ( a v old joke1 = ! does are lascivi\s & are pleas$ to receive ! att5tions ( a numb] ( males4 ,! diff]5ce ( bull & c[ is di/9ct en\gh1 t ( /allion & m>e less s1 dim9i%+ /ill fur!r betwe5 dog & bit*1 & be+ almo/ null among cats4 ,9 all cases :]e ! dimorphism is slight1 & is ! direct consequ5ce ( ! possession ( sexual organs1 ca/ration incl9es ! male t[>d ! female type4#c ,?is is z app>5t 9 cattle z 9 eunu*s or geld$ horses4 ,"o may see 9 ?is yet ano!r pro( ( ! primitivity ( ! female1 s9ce ! ab/raction ( te/icles suffices to give ! male t s(tness ( =m & "* :i* typifies females4 ,mascul9ity is an augm5tation1 an aggravation ( ! normal type repres5t$ by fem99ity2 x is a progress1 & 9 ?is s5se x is a developm5t4 ,b ?is reason+1 good = mammals1 w\ld be dete/able among insects1 :]e ! acc5tuation ( type is ne>ly always furni%$ by ! female4 ,!re are no g5]al laws 9 nature1 unless !y be ^? :i* regulate all matt]4 ,) ! bir? ( life1 ! unique t5d5cy div]ges at once ^u multiple l9es4 ,p]haps we mu/ ?r[ ?is po9t ( div]g5ce /ill fur!r back1 = a metal l radium seems to diff] f o!r metals z mu* z an hym5opt] f a ga/]opod4 #a ,bird1 r l quail4 #b ,translator's note4 ,o s9i/re cont95t4 #c ,ca/ration ( females seems1 at lea/1 among humans1 to br+ !m ne>] ! male type4 ,effects ( ca/ration v>y1 necess>ily1 accord+ to ! age ( ! subject4 ,,*apt] ,,vi ,,sexual ,,dimorphism ,,iii4 ,v]tebrates 7cont9u$74--,man & woman4--,*>act]i/ics & limits ( human dimorphism4--,effects ( civilization4--,psy*ologic dimorphism4--,! insect _w & ! human4--,mod]n dimorphism1 basis ( ! pair4--,solid>ity ( ! human pair4--,dimorphism & polygamy4--,! pair fav\rs ! female4--,sexual /hetics4--,causes ( ! sup]iority ( fem99e beauty4 ,,iii4 ,v]tebrates 7cont9u$7--,man & woman4-- ,among primates sexual dimorphism is b little acc5tuat$1 especially :5 ! male & female live ! same life 9 ! op5 air & %>e ! same lab\rs4 ,! male gorilla1 v /rong & v pig-head$1 flees f no enemy2 ! female on ! contr>y is almo/ timid3 :5 surpris$ 9 company ) ! male1 %e cries out1 gives ! al>m & escapes4 ,b attack$ :5 alone ) h] (fspr+1 %e resi/s4 ,"o c easily di/+ui% ! male & female orang-outang1 ! male is l>g] ) long] m bri/l+ hair1 he alone has a ,horace ,greeley be>d2 9 ! female ! pat*es ( bald sk9 are mu* less call\s4 ,b ! great diff]5ce betwe5 ! sexes 9 gorilla & orang-outang is 9 ! males hav+ vocal sacks desc5d+ ov] ! *e/ to ! arm-pits4 ,?anks to ^! air-res]voirs1 ^! bag-pipe bags1 inflatable at w1 ! male c h[l = a v long "t & ) great viol5ce2 ! females' sacks are v small4 ,o!r monkeys1 notably h[l+ apes1 are provid$ ) ^! air-*amb]s1 z are also c]ta9 o!r mammif]s well kn[n = ! extravagance ( _! cries3 polecats & pigs4 ,birds & batra*ians h analog\s organs4 ,dimorphism ( m5 & wom5 v>ies accord+ to race or r accord+ to species4 ,v feeble 9 mo/ blacks & r$s x is acc5tuat$ among ,semites1 ,aryans1 & ,f9ns4 ,b 9 man z 9 all animals ( sep>ate sexes "o mu/ diff]5tiate betwe5 ! prim>y dimorphism1 :i* is necess>y & produc$ by ! specialization ( sexual organs1 & ! second>y dimorphism ) :i* ! relation ( sex is less evid5t or :olly unc]ta94 ,limit$ to ! non-sexual elem5ts1 human dimorphism is v feeble4 ,almo/ null 9 infancy1 x develops ) approa*+ pub]ty1 is ma9ta9$ dur+ ! g5ital p]iod1 & dim9i%es1 sometimes almo/ to vani%+ po9t1 9 old age4 ,x v>ies individually1 ev5 dur+ ! ye>s ( greate/ reproductivity1 9 males feebly sex$ & 9 wom5 heavily sex$3 t is to say !re are m5 & wom5 ^: type closely approa*es ! type-ideal =m$ by ! fusion ( sexes2 nei!r "o nor ! o!r escapes ! radical dimorphism impos$ by ! diff]5ce ( sexual organs4 ,leav+ aside exceptions1 "o obs]ves a m$iocre & con/ant dimorphism betwe5 m5 & wom51 :i* may be express$ z foll[s1 tak+ ! male = type3 ! female is small] & has less muscul> =ce1 %e has long] head hair1 b 9 contra/ ! hair-sy/em is v little develop$ ov] ! re/ ( h] body1 except+ 9 ! armpits & pubis2 aside f ! teats1 belly & hips1 ^: =m is sexual1 %e is normally fatt] ?an ! male1 & 9 direct consequ5ce ( ?is1 h] sk9 is f9]2 h] skull-capacity is inf]ior by ab\t #ae 7man#ajj2 woman#he7 & h] intellig5ce1 less spontane\s1 incl9es 9 g5]al to activities entirely practical4 ,!re is h>dly any diff]5ce 9 ! male & female skulls ( e inf]ior human species1 ! contr>y is true ( civiliz$ races4 ,civilization has c]ta9ly acc5tuat$ ! initial dimorphism ( man & woman--at lea/ unless "o ( ! v conditions ( civilizations be n precisely a notable diff]5ce1 morphologic & psy*ologic1 betwe5 ! two sexes4 ,9 t case civilization has b acc5tuat$ a native dimorphism4 ,?is is m probable1 = "o does n see h[ civilization c\ld h caus$ ! dimorphism1 n at lea/ unless x _h already exi/$ z a v /rong t5d5cy4 ,id5tical "w1 ! same utilization ( in/9ctive activities h manag$ greatly to r$uce dimorphism ( =ms1 = example1 9 dogs & horses1 b ?is has _h no influ5ce on ! psy*ologic dimorphism4 ,cultivation ( in/9ct has nev] be5 able to efface1 9 ! mo/ specializ$ bre$s ( dogs1 ! peculi> tonality :i* in/9ct receives f sex4 ,x is improbable t intellectual culture c\ld fa%ion wom5 9 su* a way z to rid !m ( ! *>act]i/ic col\r :i* sex imp>ts to _! intellig5ce4 ,"o uses ! words in/9ct & intellig5ce to flatt] prejudic$ p4 ,in/9ct is m]ely a mode ( intellig5ce4 ,dimorphism is a con/ant fact 9 ! animal s]ies4 ,fav\rable to ! male1 fav\rable to ! female1 indiff]5t1 x />ts always f sexual necessity4 ,!re is a job to be done3 nature divides x equally1 or n1 betwe5 male & female4 ,%e kn[s nei!r ju/ice nor equality1 & lays heavy burd5s ^u "s1 ev5 to mutilation & premature dea?1 :ile %e gives to o!rs lib]ty1 leisures1 & long h\rs ( pleasant life4 ,x is necess>y t ! c\ple reproduce a c]ta9 numb] ( be+s1 equals ( ! unities ( :i* itself is =m$3 all means are good :i* atta9 ?is end1 & :i* atta9 x mo/ spe$ily & mo/ surely4 ,nature :o is pitiless1 is also 9 a hurry4 ,h] imag9ation1 always active1 inv5ts1 ceaselessly1 new =ms :i* %e ca/s into life1 9 measure z ! e>li] born f9i% _! cycle4 ,9 sup]ior mammals1 & p>ticul>ly 9 human species1 division ( lab\r is ! means us$ by nature to insure ! p]petuity ( types4 ,! female insect 7leav+ aside = ! mom5t social hym5opt]a7 is provid$ at once ) ! organs ( h] sex & ) tools ( h] trade1 ) arms = gu>d+ ! race2 ! female human has c$$ to man ! tools & weapons1 "h m]g$ 9 ! "o in/rum5t1 muscle4 ,or r1 keep+ h] rights to ! in/rum5t1 %e gives up ! use ( x4 ,%e is nei!r w>rior1 huntress1 nor mason1 nor but*]2 %e is ! female1 & ! male is ! re/4 ,! division ( lab\r supposes community4 ,9 ord] t ! female may c$e ! c>es = subsi/5ce & def5ce to ! male1 ! c\ple mu/ be e/abli%$ & p]man5t4 ,! male osmie 7sort ( solit>y bee7 sees ! light be=e 8 female2 he c\ld prep>e ! ne/1 or at lea/ *oose its situation1 guide ! female to x1 "w or wat*2 b he belongs to a s]ies ( animals 9 :i* ! males are m]ely male organs1 & all 8 rle is conta9$ 9 ! ge/ures ( mat+4 ,! c\ple is n yet =m$4 ,:5 x is =m$1 z 9 o!r k9ds ( insects1 sc>abs1 copris1 sisyphs1 geotrupes1 ! "w is equally %>$ betwe5 ! two sexes4 ,"h ! p>allel ends1 = ! social evolution ( ! insect has l$ to functional diff]5tiations extremely complicat$1 & if n unkn[n1 at lea/ abnormal1 to humanity4 ,bee society has ! female = base1 human society has ! c\ple4 ,!y are organisms s diff]5t t no comp>ison ( !m is possible1 or ev5 useful4 ,only 9 ignorance ( !m1 c "o envy bees2 a community )\t sexual relations is really )\t attraction = a memb] ( ! human community4 ,! hive is n a society b a hat*]y4 ,! c\ple is only possible ) a dimorphism1 real b mod]ate4 ,!re mu/ be a diff]5ce1 especially ( /r5g?1 9 ord] = !re to be a true union1 t is to say subord9ation4 ,a c\ple =m$ ( equal elem5ts1 l a society ( equal elem5ts1 w\ld be 9 a /ate ( p]man5t an>*y2 two creatures suffice = an>*y1 z = w>4 ,a c\ple =m$ ( elem5ts too unequal1 w\ld1 by ! cru%+ ( ! weak]1 f9d itself r$uc$ to tyranniz$ unity4 ,man & woman1 z is ! case ) o!r primates & ! c>nivora 7= mo/ h]bivora are polygam\s7 repres5t two sexes made to live unit$ & to %>e jo9tly 9 ! c>es = _! (fspr+4 ,! /ate ( c\ple1 dem&+ a c]ta9 dimorphism1 assures by x1 its p]petuity4 ,:5 ! c\ple is dissolv$1 be x by polygamy or by promiscuity1 z has happ5$ among ,mohamm$ans1 & among ,*ri/ians 7a religion1 long p[]ful1 functions bo? z race & z milieu7 ! dimorphism is acc5tuat$1 ea* ( ! elem5ts escapes1 9 "s measure1 ! /rict influ5ce ( ! o!r sex4 ,likewise if1 9 consequ5ce ( id5tical education1 ! psy*ologic dimorphism is att5uat$1 ev5 slightly--x nev] is att5uat$ m ?an slightly--or if physical games r$uce a little ! physical diff]5ces1 ! c\ple is less easily =m$ & gr[s less /able3 h5ce adult]y1 divorces1 excess ( pro/itution4 ,9 all monogam\s society1 pro/itution is ! /rict consequ5ce3 x dim9i%es m or less 9 polygam\s societies :]e ! free wom5 are r>]1 x w\ld only disappe> completely 9 promiscuity1 t is to say 9 univ]sal pro/itution4 ,polygamy1 ap>t f its indirect influ5ce1 has1 by ! int]nm5t ( wom51 a direct "o on ! dimorphism4 ,set ap>t f ! active life ( ! out] _w1 & ev5 f ! air & light1 ! female ( ! male polygam\s human becomes :it]1 :atev] may h be5 h] initial col\r1 fatt]1 heavi]1 & also m /upid & m addict$ to all sorts ( onanism4 ,among ,indian ,mussulm5 ! man & woman appe> to belong to diff]5t species1 ! man be+ s tann$1 & ! woman s col\rless4 ,%ut-9 pro/itutes ( ! ,occid5t also lose col\r1 & "o w\ld ) difficulty recognize two si/]s 9 ! s(t1 blea*$ :ore & ! sun-r$d5$1 h>dy c[-girl4 ,woman's lib]ty also acc5tuates ! dimorphism b by ano!r process4 ,fre$ f ! bridle ( necessity1 f ! ne$ ( pleas+1 woman escap$ f ! c\ple1 exagg]ates h] fem9ism1 %e becomes aga9 ! female 9 excess1 s9ce x is 9 be+ m & m female t %e has mo/ *ances ( s$uc+ ! male1 :o is ins5sible to all o!r m]it4 ,&1 inv]sely1 a woman hav+ man's education is1 giv5 equal beauty1 less ?an any o!r a s$uctress4 ,?us1 :ile ! dis9tegration ( ! c\ple augm5ts ! fem99e dimorphism1 ! dim9ution ( ! natural dimorphism r5d]s ! trans=mation ( ! c\ple m uneasy & m prec>i\s4 ,! human c\ple is an h>mony difficult to realize1 v easy to de/roy1 b 9 measure z "o de/roys x "o frees ! elem5ts :i* w1 necess>ily1 re-create x4 7,we w return lat] to polygamy1 human & animal2 b mu/ "h exam9e its relation to dimorphism4 ,all ! que/ions treat$ 9 ?is book are1 moreov]1 s int]lock$1 t x w be difficult to prev5t "o or o!r ( !m f cropp+ up apropos no matt] :at o!r4 ,if ! me?od is less cle> x is p]haps m loyal4 ,f> f wi%+ to imp>t human logic to nature1 "o attempts "h to introduce a little natural logic into ! old classic logic47 ,! sole aim ( ! c\ple is to free ! female f all c>e t is n purely sexual1 to p]mit h] ! mo/ p]fect accompli%m5t ( h] mo/ important function4 ,! c\ple fav\rs ! female1 b x fav\rs also ! race4 ,x is fully b5eficial :5 ! woman has acquir$ ! "r ( mat]nal laz9ess4 ,!re is ano!r reason = believ+ 9 ! legitimacy ( su* a %>+ ( useful "w betwe5 ! two memb]s ( ! c\ple1 x is t mascul9e "w dim9i%es its fem99ity1 :ile fem99e "w fem9izes ! males4 ,9 ord] t ! necess>y & mod]ate dimorphism p]si/ x w\ld be necess>y if ! woman is to take up male ex]cises t ! male %\ld assume all ! accessory lab\rs ( mat]nity4 ,?is w\ld n be contr>y to supple natural logic2 !re are examples ( x among batra*ians & among birds4 ,b "o does n see cle>ly ei!r ! utility or ! possibility ( su* a rev]sal ( rles 9 ! human species4 ,! duty ( a be+ is to p]sev]e 9 its be+ & ev5 to augm5t ! *>act]i/ics :i* specialize x4 ,! duty ( woman is to keep & to acc5tuate h] /hetic & h] psy*ologic dimorphism4 ,! /hetic viewpo9t obliges "o = ! ?\s&? "t to put1 b1 happily1 n to resolve ! agreeable "q ( woman's beauty4 ,"o may judge :5 x is a matt] ( %ape1 ( muscul> en]gy1 ( respiratory amplitude3 ^! c be measur$ & set d[n 9 figures4 ,:5 x comes to beauty1 x is a matt] ( feel+1 t is to say ( :at is at once deepe/ & mo/ p]sonal 9 ea* "o ( u1 & :i* is mo/ v>iable betwe5 "o man & ano!r4 ,h[ev]1 ! sexual elem5t :i* ent]s into ! idea ( beauty1 be+ "h at its v root1 s9ce x is ! "q ( woman1 ! op9ion ( m5 is ne>ly unanim\s3 9 ! human c\ple1 x is woman :o repres5ts beauty4 ,all contr>y op9ion w be = ev] consid]$ z a p>adox or z ! mo/ bor+ ( sexual ab]rations4 ,a feel+ does n adduce its reasons1 x has none4 ,x has to h !m l5t to x4 ,! sup]iority ( fem99e beauty is real1 x has a sole cause1 ! unity ( l9e4 ,:at makes woman ! m beautiful is ! invisibility ( h] g5ital organs4 ,! male organ1 :i* is sometimes an advantage1 is always a load1 & always a blemi%2 x is made = ! race1 n = ! individual4 ,9 ! male human1 & precisely because ( its erect attitude1 ! sex is ! s5sitive po9t p> excell5ce1 & ! visible po9t1 x is ! po9t ( attack 9 h& to h& /ruggle1 po9t ( aim = ! jet1 ob/acle = ! eye1 be x z a r\ghness ( surface1 be x z a break 9 ! middle ( ! l9e4 ,! h>mony ( ! female body is !n geometrically1 mu* m p]fect1 especially if "o consid] ! male & ! female at ! v h\r ( desire1 at ! mom5t1 t is1 :5 !y pres5t ! mo/ int5se & mo/ natural expression ( life4 ,9 ! woman1 all movem5ts are int]ior1 or visible only 9 ! undulation ( h] curves1 cons]v+ ?us h] full /hetic value1 :ile ! man1 seem+ at once to rec$e t[>d ! primitive /ates ( animality1 appe>s r$uc$1 putt+ (f all beauty1 to ! b>e & simple condition ( g5ital organ4 ,man1 x is true1 has 8 /hetic comp5sation dur+ pregnancy & its de=mations4 ,"o mu/ admit also t ! human =m has grave defects ( proportion1 & t !y are m acc5tuat$ 9 ! female ?an 9 ! male4 ,9 g5]al ! trunk is too long1 & ! legs1 consequ5tly1 too %ort4 ,"o says t !re are two /hetic types 9 ,aryan races3 "o ) long limbs & "o ) %ort limbs4 ,bo? types are inde$1 easy en\gh to di/+ui%1 b !y r>ely pres5t _! *>act]i/ics ) suffici5t di/9ction1 moreov] ! fir/ is r r>e3 x is ! "o :i* sculptors h vulg>iz$ by amelioration4 ,comp>e a s]ies ( photographs ( art ) a s]ies ( photos f ! nude1 & y h pro( en\gh t ! beauty ( ! human body is an ideologic creation4 ,take away ! egoi/ic s5tim5t ( ! race1 & ! sexual delirium1 & man w\ld appe> v inf]ior 9 h>monic pl5titude to mo/ ( ! mammif]s2 ! monkey1 8 bro!r1 is1 frankly1 9/hetic4 ,,*apt] ,,vii ,,sexual ,,dimorphism ,,& ,,fem9ism ,inf]iority & sup]iority ( ! female z %[n 9 animal species4--,influ5ce ( fe$+ on ! production ( sexes4--,! female w\ld h suffic$4--,fem9ism absolute1 & mod]ate4--,pipe-dreams3 elim9ation ( ! male & human p>!nog5esis4 ,only aft] s]i\s /udy ( sexual dimorphism 9 ! animal s]ies may "o v5ture a few reflections on fem9ism4 ,"o has notic$1 9 c]ta9 species1 ! female m beautiful1 /rong]1 m active1 m intellig5t2 & "o has notic$ ! opposite4 ,"o has se5 ! male l>g]1 or small]2 "o has se5 & w see him p>asite1 or provid]1 p]man5t ma/] ( ! c\ple or ! gr\p1 fugitive lov]1 a slave sacrific$ by ! female aft] ! completion ( h] pleasure4 ,all attitudes1 & ! same ones1 are attribut$ by nature to ei!r ( ! sexes2 !re is n1 ap>t f ! specific functions1 a male or a female rle4 ,bo? or ei!r accord+ to ! decalogue ( _! specie put on ! same co/ume1 don ! same mask1 wield ! same bo>-spe>1 tool or sabre )\t "o's be+ able to discov]1 at lea/ n )\t go+ back to ! beg9n+ ( ?+s & dige/+ ! ar*ives ( life1 :i* ( !m is disguis$ & :i* acts accord+ to nature4 ,! abundance ( food1 especially nitrog5iz$ 78 azotiz$7 w produce a great] numb] ( females4 ,) c]ta9 animals at trans=mation "o may act directly on individuals3 tadpoles gorg$ on mix$ food1 vegetables1 l>v1 *opp$ meat1 h giv5 an excess ( females approa*+ totality 7#ie females to #e males74 ,on ! o!r h& ov]-fe$+ t5ds to aboli% /am5s 9 plants1 ! /am5s turn into petals1 suralim5tation ev5 m\lts ! petals into leaves & ! buds into %oots4 ,ri*ness ( means1 well-be+1 int5sive fe$+ aboli% sex1 b ! la/ to be affect$ is ! female1 :i* 9 sum1 p]sev]es obscurely 9 ! unsex$ plant1 =c$ back to its primitive means ( reproduction1 or to reproduction by slip cutt+4 ,if excessive alim5tation t5ds to suppress ! male1 x w\ld !n appe> t ! sep>ation into two sexes is a means ( dim9i%+ ! co/s ( ! total be+4 ,! monoic type is a /ep t[>d ?is simplification ( lab\r2 ! female at a giv5 mom5t elim9ates h] male organ1 refuses to fe$ x1 frees h]self f ! burd5 :i* has only a mom5t>y utility4 ,&1 foll[+ ?is1 provid$ 9 h]self ) an ov]abundance ( all t ma9ta9s life1 %e dive/s h]self ( ! specializ$ sexual app>atus1 unsexes h]self1 t is to say1 ! id5tity ( contr>ies be+ "h evid5t1 %e is sex$ ?r\gh\t all h] p>ts3 tota fem9a sexus4 ,! male is an accid5t3 ! female w\ld h suffic$4 ,brilliant z are1 9 c]ta9 animal species1 ! de/9ies ( ! male1 ! female is primordial4 ,9 civiliz$ humanity %e is born 9 proportion great] z ! civilization approa*es a great] pl5itude2 & ?is v pl5itude dim9i%es1 proportionately1 ! g5]al fecundity3 :e!r we treat ( man or ( apple-trees1 ! male elem5t 9- or de-creases accord+ to fam9e or abundance ( n\ri%m5t4 ,b ! human race is n suffici5tly pla/ic = ! v>iation ( bir?s to be ev] v great betwe5 ! two sexes2 & no w>m-blood$ animal is suffici5tly pla/ic = ?is cause1 s active among vegetables1 ev] to lead to ! dissolution ( ! male4 ,!re are no natural laws1 !re are t5d5cies1 !re are limits3 ! fields ( oscillation are det]m9$ by ! pa/s ( species1 tr5*es curv+ into cloi/]s :i* close1 9 ne>ly all directions1 ! alleys ( ! future4 ,x is a fact1 f h5ce=? h]$it>y1 t ! male ( ! human species has c5traliz$ 9 himself mo/ ( ! activities indep5d5t ( ! sexual motor4 ,he alone is capable ( dis9t]e/$ works1 t is to say ( aims unconnect$ ) ! physical cons]vation ( ! race1 b )\t :i* civilization w\ld be impossible1 or at lea/ v diff]5t f :at x is & f ! idea :i* we h ( its future4 ,d\btless 9 humanity1 z 9 ! re/ ( nature1 ! female repres5ts ! important sex4 ,9 utt] ne$1 z ) ! mason bee1 %e c\ld s]ve = ! absolutely necess>y "w1 to build ! %elt]1 to ga!r ! food1 & ! male might1 )\t ess5tial damage be r$uc$ to ! rle ( m]e fecundat+ app>atus4 ,! numb] ( males c\ld1 & ev5 %\ld 9 su* case1 dim9i% ) due rapidity1 b !n human society w\ld 9- or decl9e t[>d ! type repres5t$ by t ( social bees3 cont9ual lab\r be+ incompatible ) ! p]iods ( mat]nity1 ! fem99e sex w\ld atrophy1 a s+le female w\ld be elevat$ to ! dignity ( que5 & "m1 ! re/ ( ! population w\ld "w /upidly = an ideal ext]ior to its own s5sibility4 ,ev5 m radical trans=mations w\ld n be anti-natural4 ,virg9-bir? might e/abli% itself3 c]ta9 males c\ld be born 9 ea* c5tury1 z happ5s 9 ! intellectual ord]1 & !y c\ld fecundate ! g5]ation ( lo9s1 z g5ius fecundates ! g5]ation ( m9ds4 ,b humanity1 by ! ri*ness ( its intellig5ce1 is less ?an o!r animal species submitt$ to causal necessity2 by con/ant squirm+ 9 its nets1 x has manag$ to displace a cord "h & !re1 & makes n[ & aga9 ! unexpect$ movem5t4 ,! com+ ( males once 9 a c5tury w\ld be unnecess>y if "s me*anical device 7 f\nd = excit+ ! life ( woman's eggs1 z "o excites ^? ( ! sea-anemone4 ,if a few males 7 born f "t to "t1 by an atavi/ic quirk ( nature1 !y c\ld be exhibit$ z curiosities1 z we n[ exhibit h]maphrodites4 ,! fem9i/ ideal leads u to ^! pipe-dreams4 ,b if x comes to de/roy+ ! c\ple & n to re-=m+ x1 if x comes to e/abli%+ a va/ social promiscuity1 if fem9ism resolves itself into ! =mula3 free-woman 9 free-love1 x is ev5 m *im]ical ?an all ! *imz]a :i* h at lea/ _! analogy 9 ! div]sity ( animal habits4 ,human p>!nog5esis is less absurd3 x (f]s an ord]1 & promiscuity is a disord]4 ,b social promiscuity is impossible by ! fur!r reason t woman1 ! m feeble1 w\ld be cru%$ by x4 ,%e /ruggles aga9/ man only1 ?anks to ! privileges :i* man conc$es h]1 :5 tr\bl$ by sexual inebriety1 intoxicat$ & dr[sy ) ! fumes ( desire4 ,! factiti\s equality :i* %e claims w\ld re-e/abli% h] anci5t slav]y1 on ! day :5 mo/ or all wom5 wi% to enjoy x3 t is /ill ano!r possible solution ( ! fem9i/ crisis4 ,h[ev] "o looks at x1 "o sees ! human c\ple re-e/abli% itself ineluctably4 ,x is v difficult1 f ! /&po9t ( natural logic1 to sympa?ize ) mod]ate fem9ism1 "o c\ld m easily accept fem9ism 9 excess4 ,= if !re are 9 nature num]\s examples ( fem9ism1 !re are v few ( an equality ( ! sexes4 ,,*apt] ,,viii ,,love-,,organs ,sexual dimorphism & p>allelism4--,sexual organs ( man & ( woman4--,con/ancy ( sexual p>allelism 9 ! animal s]ies4--,ext]nal sexual organs ( plac5t>y mammif]a4--,=m & position ( ! p5is4--,! p5ial bone4--,! clitoris4--,! vag9a4--,! teats4--,=k$ prong ( m>supials4--,sexual organs ( reptiles4--,fi% & birds ) a p5ial organ--,g5ital organs ( ar?ropodes4--,attempt to classify animals accord+ to ! disposition1 pres5ce1 abs5ce ( ext]ior organs = reproduction4 ,sexual dimorphism1 physic z well z psy*ic1 has evid5tly "o sole cause1 sex2 nev]!less ! organs :i* diff] lea/ f male & female among species :i* diff] mo/1 are precisely ! sexual organs4 ,t is1 !y are rigor\sly made ! "o = ! o!r1 & ! accord 9 ?is case mu/ be n only h>monic1 b me*anical & ma!matical4 ,!y are cog-:eels :i* mu/ bite "o on ! o!r ) exactitude1 be x1 z 9 birds1 t !re is b an exact sup]position ( two orifices1 be x1 z 9 mammals t ! key mu/ ent] ! keyhole4 ,!re is a dimorphism1 b x is t ( ! m\ld to ! ca/1 ( ! scabb>d to ! blade2 = ! p>ts :]e ! contact is less /rict1 ! p>allelism is nev]!less q s5sible & q app>5t4 ,?is similitude 9 diff]5ce has /ruck philosoph]s z well z anatomi/s 9 all ages f ! logical ins9uations ( ,ari/otle to ,ge(froy ,sa9t-,hilaire's !ory ( analogies4 ,gali5 _h already not$ c]ta9 analogies1 m or less exact3 great] labia1 & =esk91 ov>ies & te/icles1 scrotum & matrice4 ,he says1 textually3 ,all p>ts ( man are f\nd 9 woman2 !re is b "o po9t ( diff]5ce1 woman's p>ts are int]ior1 man's ext]ior1 p>t+ f ! p]9eal region4 ,imag9e ^? :i* fir/ pres5t !mselves to m9d1 no matt] :i*1 unfold woman's or fold man's inw>d & y w f9d ei!r a replica ( ! o!r4 ,suppose fir/ man's organs pu%$ into him & ext5d+ int]iorly betwe5 ! rectum & ! vessie2 9 ?is supposition ! scrotum w\ld occupy ! place ( ! matrice1 ) ! te/icles plac$ at ea* side ( ! ext]ior orifice4 ,! prong ( ! male w\ld become ! ?roat ( ! cavity ?us produc$1 & ! sk9 ( ! prong's extremity1 call$ ! =esk9 w\ld =m ! vag9a4 ,suppose1 inv]sely1 t ! matrice %\ld turn inside out & fall outside1 w\ld n its te/icles 7ov>ies7 ( necessity1 f9d !mselves inside its cavity & w\ld n x envelop !m z a scrotum8 ,w\ld n ! ?roat1 hidd5 up to ! p]9eum1 become ! male memb]1 & ! vag9a1 :i* is b a cutane\s app5dix ( ! ?roat1 ! =esk98 ,?is is ! passage :i* ,did]ot has transpos$ & put au c\rant ) sci5ce 9 8 ,rve d',alemb]t4 ,?is page ( lit]>y anatomy reta9s its expressive value3 ,woman has all man's p>ts1 ! sole diff]5ce is l t betwe5 a purse hang+ outside & a purse /uff$ inside2 a female foetus resembles a male foetus1 s z to deceive anyone2 ! "p :i* occasions ! error1 s9ks 9 ! female foetus 9 measure z ! purse ext5ds inw>d2 x is nev] oblit]at$ to ! po9t ( los+ its primitive =m2 x also is ! mov] ( pleasure1 x has its gl&1 its =esk91 & "o notes at its extremity a po9t :i* appe>s to h be5 ! orifice ( a ur9>y canal :i* has clos$2 !re is 9 man f ! anus to ! scrotum1 ! int]val call$ ! p]9um1 & f ! scrotum to ! end ( ! prong1 a seam :i* looks l ! resew+ ( a ba/$ vulva2 wom5 ) excessive clitoris1 h be>ds1 eunu*s h n1 _! ?ighs increase1 _! hips wid51 _! knees r\nd out1 & 9 los+ ! *>act]i/ic organization ( "o sex !y seem to return to ! *>act]i/ic con=mity ( ! o!r4444 ,9 t]ms less lit]>y1 "o consid]s z homolog\s1 9 man & woman1 ! ov>y & ! te/icle1 less] labia1 clitoridian cap & %ea?1 ! hang+ =esk92 ! great] labia & ! envelope ( ! scrotum2 clitoris & p5is2 ! vag9a & ! pro/atic utricle4 ,"o w f9d ! details ( ^! analogies 9 special works1 !y c n be giv5 "h ) sci5tific precision4 ,! sole po9t to hold on to is t ! two sexes n only 9 man1 & n only 9 mammif]s1 b 9 ne>ly all ! animal & vegetable s]ies1 are b a repetition ( ! same creature ) specialization ( function4 ,?is specialization may ext5d to functions o!r ?an sexual1 to "w 7bees1 ants7 to w> 7t]mites74 ,! soldi] t]mite is extraord9>y2 he is n m s ?an ! male4 ,! sexual p>allelism is con/ant among ne>ly all v]tebrates & ar?ropodes2 x ext5ds to id5tity among h]maphrodite mollusks if "o !n comp>e n two sexes b two individuals4 ,x ext5ds1 = ea* sex consid]$ sep>ately1 along ! :ole zological *a94 ,p>t+ f l9k animals :i* sep>ate into two p>ts1 "o sees ! sexual organs design !mselves 9 ! =m :]e9 !y arrive 9 high] animals ( great complexity1 su* t1 9 acquir+ diff]5ces ( =m & position !y reta9 a rem>kable /ability ( /ructure2 "o w\ld say almo/ ( id5tity 9 m>supials1 reptiles1 fi%1 birds4 ,= cl>ity "o mu/ proce$ f ! kn[n to ! unkn[n2 man is ! figure to :om "o may comp>e necess>ily ! obs]vations on o!r animals4 ,!re is no lack ( po9t 9 kn[+ ! normal love-me*anism1 s9ce morali/s pret5d to regulate its movem5ts4 ,ignorance is tyrannic2 ! inv5tors ( natural e?ics knew v little ( nature3 ?is p]mitt$ !m to be sev]e2 = no def9ite piece ( k int]f]$ ) ! c]titude ( _! ge/ures4 ,"o becomes m discreet :5 "o contemplates ! prodigi\s picture ( ! erotic habits ( ! animal _w1 & ev5 entirely incompet5t to decide flatly1 yes or no1 :e!r a fact is natural or unnatural4 ,man is a plac5t>y mammif]3 by ?is title 8 g5ital organs & _! mode ( employ are common to him & to all hairy animals hav+ teats & an umbilicus4 ,he is n normally cov]$ all ov] ) hair1 b !re is h>dly a spot on 8 body :]e hairs may n spr\t1 & bo? sexes are hairy (t5 ) extreme abundance 9 pubis & arm-pits4 ,! male & active organ ( mammif]s is ! p5is1 usually complet$ ext]iorily by ! te/icles4 ,! p5is is1 at once1 ! excret+ conductor ( ur9e & sp]m2 an analog\s relation exi/s 9 ! female1 & x is ) exactitude t ^! m+l$ organs h be5 call$ g5ito-ur9>y or m rec5tly1 uro-g5ital2 x is ! same 9 all ! animal s]ies1 ! ure?ra op5s ext]iorily or x ends1 z 9 birds1 9 a cloaca1 ve/ibule1 = all ! excretions4 ,! p5is ( two-h&$ 7biman\s7 creatures desc5ds freely1 x hangs be=e ! pubis 9 quadrumanes1 & 9 *iropt]a 7bats74 ,! bat is /rangely l man1 & l primates 9 g5]al3 five f+]s to ! h&1 "o a ?umb1 five f+]s on ! foot1 pectoral teats1 m5sual flux1 free p5is2 x is a little c>icature ( man1 abrupt & fright5$ 9 its ev5+ flight ab\t h\ses4 ,among fle%-eat]s1 rum9ants1 pa*yd]ms1 solip$es & sev]al o!r families ( mammals1 ! p5is is %ea!d 9 a scabb>d :i* /ret*es along ! belly2 ?us pres]v$ aga9/ accid5ts & insect /+s1 :ile its s5sibility is ma9ta9$ intact4 ,voyag]s1 accord+ to ,buffon1 h se5 ,patagonians try+ to get l results by ty+ ! '=esk9 above ! gl&1 l a bag ) a cord4 ,?us man's h& p]mits him to improve or mutilate 8 body4 ,mutilation & sexual de=mations1 circumcision among ,semites & savages1 excision ( ,russian illum9ati1 transv]sal p]=ation ( ! gl&1 surgical flatt5+ ( ! prong1 are v frequ5t4 ,! h& ( ! *iropt]a is %ackl$1 t ( quadrumanes has only "o sexual rle1 ma/urbation4 ,x may also s]ve z a %ield aga9/ ext]nal dang]2 _m quadrumanes1 bett] protect$1 make ! same use ( _! tail :5 !y curl x betwe5 _! legs1 ?is is sometimes a psy*ological ge/ure1 female mode/y or refusal1 sometimes a ge/ure ( pres]vation4 ,! movem5ts ( ,v5us mode/1 ( man com+ nak$ f 8 ba?1 h no o!r orig94 ,monkeys :5 !y /op mov+ ab\t1 place _! h&s on _! sexual p>ts4 ,! ,polynesians1 be=e ,*ri/ianity1 _h ! cu/om :5 /&+ upright1 ( hold+ _! scrotum 9 bo? h&s ) ! prong hang+ betwe5 ! f+]s3 ! po/ure ( ! wild d&y4 ,c]ta9 species lack scrotum z ,pl9y _h already rem>k$3 ,te/es elephanto occulti4 ,9 camels ! te/icles roll b5ea? ! sk9 ( ! gro92 rats' te/icles are int]nal1 b em]ge 9 ! rutt+ season & assume an enorm\s developm5t4 ,apes (t5 h ! p\*-sk9 blue1 r$ or gre51 l ! o!r bald p>ts ( _! bodies4 ,camels1 drom$>ies & cats h ! end ( ! p5is b5t backw>d 7?is expla9s ! tom-cat's mann] ( ur9ation71 ! tip does n /raight5 itself or po9t =w>d save 9 erection4 ,n only ! prong b ! %ea? ( rod5ts po9ts backw>d & ends ne> ! anus1 & 9 front ( x4 ,! p5is is sl5d] 9 rum9ants1 & 9 wild bo>2 ?ick & r\nd 9 solip$es1 elephant1 lam5t9 7sea-c[1 manatee72 ?ick & conic 9 ! dolph91 cyl9drical 9 rod5ts & primates4 ,! gl&1 :i* takes all int]m$i>y =ms betwe5 ball & po9t1 has 9 ! rh9oc]os ! %ape ( a gross fleur-de-lys4 ,9 ! cats small spikes rise & po9t t[>d ! base1 & 9 ag\ti & g]boa !re are hold+ flanges :i* grip ! organs ( ! female4 ,! prong ( _m mammif]s1 a real memb]1 is held up by an int]ior bone1 =m$ at ! co/ ( ! conjunctive p>tition :i* sep>ates ! two holl[ *amb]s4 ,?is p5ial bone is f\nd 9 _m quadrumanes1 *impanzees1 orang-outangs1 mo/ c>nivora1 dogs1 wolves1 fel9es1 m>t91 ott]1 badg]1 among rod5ts1 beav]1 seal1 & cetace\s animals2 x is lack+ 9 rum9ants1 pa*yd]ms1 insectivora1 too?less animals4 ,9 man "o sometimes f9ds a trace ( x 9 ! =m ( a sl5d] prismatic c>tilage4 ,9 ! enorm\s p5is ( ! :ale x resembles a bell-clapp]4 ,! p5ial bone dim9i%es ! erectile capacity ( ! prong 9 /opp+ ! developm5t ( ! holl[ *amb]s1 b x assures ! rigidity ( ! memb]1 obta9$ 9 ! o!r p5ial type by ! infl[ ( blood :i* causes ! swell+4 ,man ought to h ! p5ial bone2 he has lo/ x 9 ! c\rse ( ages1 & ?is is d\btless =tunate1 = a p]man5t rigidity1 or "o too easily obta9$ w\ld h increas$1 to madness1 ! salacity ( 8 species4 ,x is p]haps = ?is reason t great apes are r>e1 al?\gh !y are /rong & agile4 ,?is view w\ld be confirm$ if ! p5ial c>tilage 7 f\nd regul>ly 9 v lu/ful m5 or ) a c]ta9 frequ5cy among human races mo/ addict$ to eroticism4 ,! p5is is f\nd 9 woman 9 ! =m ( clitoris4 ,?is is almo/ z volum9\s z a true p5is 9 quadrumanes2 x is atrophi$ 9 o!r species4 ,x v>ies individually 9 wom51 c]ta9 ( !m be+ 9 ?is respect quadrumanes4 ,sometimes ! clitoris is pi]c$ = ! passage ( ! ure?ra 7c]ta9 apes & ! mole72 a slight trace ( ?is meatus is se5 at ! head ( ! woman's clitoris4 ,9 species ^: males possess a p5ial bone ! female has (t5 a clitoridian bone2 no?+ m cle>ly affirms ! p>allelism ( ^! two organs1 :]e( "o s]ves only = pleasure1 aft] hav+ be51 p]haps 9 a long di/ant era1 :5 man romp$ among m>9e inv]tebrates1 a real in/rum5t ( fecundation4 ,! great] labia1 limit+ ! g5]al orifice ( ! vulva1 exi/ only 9 woman &1 less m>k$ly1 9 ! female orang-outang4 ,circul> 9 rod5ts1 transv]sal 9 ! unique case ( ! hy5a1 a het]oclite animal1 ! vulva is longitud9al 9 all o!r mammif]s4 ,completely imp]=ate 9 ! mole ! vag9a is m or less clos$ by a membrane1 :i* ! male p5is te>s 9 fir/ enc\nt]1 9 wom51 & sev]al quadrumanes1 c]ta9 small monkeys1 ! m>moset1 c]ta9 c>nivora1 ! be>1 hy5a1 :ite-belli$ seal1 ! daman 7nail$72 x is replac$ 9 dog1 cat1 rum9ants by an annul> gripp+ betwe5 ! vag9a & ! ve/ibule4 ,! maid5head is1 !re=e1 n peculi> to human virg9s1 & !re is no glory 9 a privilege :i* "o %>es ) ! m>moset4 ,m5/ruation is f\nd 9 quadrumanes1 9 bats2 o!r female mammals %[ an emission ( blood1 :i* is1 h[ev]1 limit$ to ! rutt+ season4 ,! position ( teats is v>iable1 z also _! numb]1 !y are 9 ! gro9 9 rum9ants1 solip$es1 cetaces2 v5tral 9 dogs1 pigs2 pectoral & always two 9 ne>ly all primates1 *iropt]a1 elephants1 & sir5ians1 :o = ?is reason1 d\btless1 rem9d$ ! sailors ( ! anci5t _w ( _! wom54 ,o!r p>ticul>ities & correspond5ces are exam9$ 9 ! next *apt] :i* deals ) ! me*anism ( love1 & ! me?od us$ by div]s animals to make use ( _! organs accord+ to ! comm&m5t ( nature4 ,!re rema9 = consid]ation ! less] mammals & o!r v]tebrates ^: fecundatory in/rum5ts resemble ^? ( mammif]a4 ,9 man & o!r plac5taires1 ! =k$ prong is a t]atological fact only enc\nt]$ 9 incomplete d\ble mon/]s4 ,x is1 on ! contr>y1 ! mo/ g5]al =m among m>supials4 ,a d\ble vag9a corresponds to ?is p5is1 d\ble at lea/ f ! gl&1 ?us 9 kang>oo & opossum4 ,?is orig9al bip>ity is f\nd regul>ly 9 ! ut]us ( c]ta9 plac5taires1 h>es1 rats1 bats1 c>nivora4 ,! ut]us ( m>supials is simple )\t n>r[+ ( ! ?roat4 ,"o kn[s t _! "y /ay !re b a %ort "t1 t !y are born n z foetus b z g]ms1 & complete _! developm5t 9 ! m>supial p\*4 ,an opossum1 de/9$ to atta9 ab\t ! size ( a cat1 is at bir? ab\t bean-size4 ,^! animals1 !re=e1 diff] pr(\ndly f o!r mammif]a4 ,"s reptiles1 l crocodiles & mo/ *elonians1 h only a simple prong2 "s tortoises h a =k$ tip to ! p5is1 x is _m-bran*$ 9 ! trionix1 c>nivor\s tortoise rightly call$ f]oci\s4 ,! saurians & ophidians c deploy outside ! cloaca two erectile prongs2 9 saurians1 liz>ds1 !y are %ort1 r\nd & bri/le ) prickles4 ,! females h no clitoris save :5 ! male has a s+le prong2 at lea/ ! clitoris is only well con/itut$ 9 crocodilians & *elonians4 ,copulation is unkn[n to batra*ians1 ^: contact is nev]!less v dose2 x is unkn[n to mo/ fi%1 ^: am\rs are )\t ev5 contact4 ,c]ta9 selacians h[ev] 7dogfi%1 skates71 & p]haps also "o or two teleo/ians 7bony fi%71 & ! lamprey1 h a copulat+ organ :i* really ent]s ! organ ( ! female4 ,! birds :i* h a p5is or an erectile & retractile tub]cle :i* s]ves1 are ! o/ri*1 ! cass[>y1 ! duck1 ! swan1 ! goose1 ! bu/>d1 ! m&\ & c]ta9 neighb\r+ species2 _! h5s h a ditoridian organ4 ,! o/ri* has a true prong1 five or six in*es 9 l5g?1 cut by a groove :i* s]ves z conduit = ! sem9al liquor2 x is enorm\s 9 erection & tongue-%ap$4 ,! o/ri* h5 has a clitoris & coition occurs exactly z among mammals4 ,! swan & duck are also v well provid$ ) an erectile tub]cle suit$ = copulation1 & ?is expla9s at once ! /ory ( ,l$a1 ! libid9\s reputation ( ! duck1 & 8 exploits 9 ! b>n-y>ds1 v]itable abbeys ( ,?lme4 ,"o c n "h describe ! copulative organs ( ar?ropodes1 compris+ insects prop]ly s-call$4 ,en\gh to note t1 h[ev] v>i$ _! =ms1 !y behave v mu* z ^? ( sup]ior mammif]s & are compos$ ( two ess5tial p>ts1 ! p5is1 %ea!d 9 a p5ial scabb>d1 & ! vag9a1 prolong$ by ! copulative p\* :i* receives ! p5is4 ,fi% & birds1 lack+ ext]nal app>atus are r$uc$ to me?ods :i* w be lat] exam9$4 ,h]maphrodite mollusks1 ) a m>vell\sly complicat$ sexual app>atus1 ought also to be /udi$ sep>ately4 ,f9ally1 ! amor\s habits ( insects =m a s]ies ( illu/rative *apt]s4 ,f "h1 tak+ c\nt only ( ext]ior male organs or ( organs :i*1 int]nal :5 at re/1 em]ge at ! mom5t ( coition1 "o may attempt a vague & new classification ( animal s]ies4 #a4 ,pres5ce ( p5is1 or ( an erectile copulat+ tub]cle3 plac5t>y mammals f man to m>supials exclusively2 c]ta9 runn]s & palmip$es2 crocodilians1 *elonians1 c]ta9 selacians1 ar?ropodes1 ! rotif]a4 #b4 ,pres5ce ( a =k$ p5is3 m>supials1 saurians1 *elonians2 scorpionides4 #c4 ,disjunction ( ! secret+ app>atus f ! copulat+ app>atus3 spid]s1 dragon-flies4 #d4 ,abs5ce ( p5is1 copulation by contact3 monotremes 7omi?oryncus71 birds1 batra*ians1 cru/aceans4 #e4 ,no copulation2 ext]ior fecundation ( eggs3 fi%1 e*9od]ms4 #f4 ,indirect transmission ( sp]m ) or )\t contact 7by ! sp]matophore73 cephalopodes1 or?opt]a4 #g4 ,h]maphrodism3 mollusks1 tunici]s1 worms4 #h4 ,monagam\s reproduction3 protozoaires1 & c]ta9 ( ! la/ metazoaires4 ,"o ne$s _m discrim9ations & exceptions to make ?is table m precise4 ,x is h[ev]1 n untrue1 al?\gh incomplete & lack+ nuances1 & x p]mits "o to see3 t ! sep>ation ( sexes by well *>act]iz$ copulat+ app>atus is n a sign ( animal sup]iority1 al?\gh x is f\nd among ! mo/ gift$ animals2 t birds ) _! g5ital sy/em m]ely sket*$ 91 seem to repres5t a type elevat$ 9 nature by ! simplicity ( organs & x means3 t ! sexes 9 animals :o are )\t copulation ei!r pr(\nd or sup]ficial1 t5d1 z 9 fi%1 to rema9 )\t diff]5ce2 t all o!r modes ( copulation are attribut$ exclusively to inf]ior species2 t h]maphrodism 0 b a trial limit$ to a category ( creatures lack+ ev]y?+ n exclusively design$ = ! process ( reproduction2 t ! abs5ce ( sex *>act]izes only ! e>lie/ =ms ( life4 ,if "o consid]s no long] ! mode ( copulation b ! app>atus itself1 ) ! male "p1 p5is1 & ! female "p1 vag9a1 "o sees cle>ly t ^! extremely p>ticul> organs are h>dly f\nd well design$ save 9 two great bran*+s :]e ! intellig5ce is mo/ develop$3 mammif]a & ! ar?ropodes4 ,!re might be1 p]haps1 a c]ta9 correlation betwe5 complete & pr(\nd copulation & ! developm5t ( ! bra94 ,,*apt] ,,ix ,,! ,,me*anism ,,( ,,love #a4 ,copulation3 v]tebrates4--,its v num]\s v>ieties & its specific fixity4--,! app>5t immorality ( ,nature4--,sexual e?nography4--,human me*anism4--,cavalage4--,! =m & duration ( c\pl+ 9 div]s mammif]s4--,ab]rations ( sexual surg]y1 ! ampallang4--,pa9 z a bridle on sex4--,maid5head4--,! mole4--,passivity ( ! female4--,! ovule1 psy*ological figure ( ! female4--,mania ( attribut+ human virtues to animals4--,! mode/y ( elephants4--,c\pl+ me*anism 9 :ales1 seals1 tortoises4--,9 c]ta9 ophidians & 9 c]ta9 fi%4 #a4 ,,copulation3 ,,v]tebrates4--,=b]g's ,figur ,v5]is exhau/s 9 =ty-eight illu/rations ! mann]s ( c\pl+ accessible to ! human species2 ! erotic manuals ( ,india imag9e c]ta9 fur!r v>iants & voluptu\s p]fection+s1 b _m ( ^! juxtapositions are unfav\rable to fecundation1 & a majority ( !m h only be5 inv5t$ 9 ord] to escape too logical & too mat]ial a result4 ,animals surely1 ! mo/ lib]at$ z well z ! mo/ /upid1 are ignorant ( all modes ( conjugal fraud2 ne$less to say no dissociation c be made 9 _! rudim5t>y m9ds betwe5 ! sexual s5sation & ! mat]nal1 betwe5 sexual & pat]nal s5sation1 mu* less4 ,! +5uity ( ea* specie is small1 b ! univ]sal +5uity ( total fauna is imm5se1 & !re are few human imag9+s among ^? :i* we t]m p]v]se & ev5 mon/r\s :i* are n ! "r & ! norm 9 "o or ano!r region ( animal empire4 ,practices v analog\s to 7al?\gh v diff]5t 9 aim f7 div]s onani/ practices1 to sp]matophagia1 ev5 to sadism are impos$ on innoc5t bea/s & repres5t = !m familial virtue & *a/ity4 ,a physician1 :o has n obta9$ mu* glory !reby1 inv5t$ or propos$ artificial fecundation3 he 0 imitat+ spid]s & dragon-flies2 ,m4 de ,sade lik$ to imag9e rutt+s :]e blood & sp]m fl[$ simultane\sly2 m]e k9d]g>t5 manual 7,b]qu9ade7 if "o contemplate1 n )\t bewild]m5t1 ! habits ( an +5i\s or?opt]1 ! pray+ mantis1 ! insect :i* prays to ,god1 la prego-,di\ z ! ,prov5als call h]1 ! prophetess z ! ,greek said6 ,baudelaire's v]ses ridicul+ ^? :o wi% aux *oses de l'am\r ml] l'honntet ,mix seeml9ess into affairs ( ,love h a value n only moral b sci5tific4 ,9 love ev]y?+ is j1 ev]y?+ is noble1 z soon z1 among ! madde/ animals1 x is a play mov$ by ! desire ( creat+4 ,x is m difficult d\btless to ju/ify fantasies :i* are m]ely = ! purpose ( avoid+ tr\ble1 especially if "o all[ oneself to be bl9d$ by ! idea ( specific f9ality2 "o may h[ev] affirm1 & "o w say no?+ m ab\t ! matt]1 t animals are n ignorant ei!r ( sodomy or ( onanism & t !y c$e to !m by necessity1 9 ! abs5ce ( females4 ,snanc\r has writt5 wise & bold pages ^u ^! practices among humans4 ,sexual e?nography h>dly exi/s4 ,! scatt]$ data on ?is subject1 ?\gh extremely important1 h n be5 co-ord9at$4 ,t w\ld be a small matt]4 ,!y h n ev5 be5 v]ifi$4 ,"o kn[s no?+ ( coital practices save :at life tea*es "o1 que/ions ( ?is sort be+ difficult to ask1 & answ]s be+ always equivocal4 ,!re is "h an entire sci5ce :i* has be5 corrupt$ by ,*ri/ian prud]y4 ,an ord] 0 issu$ long ago & is /ill obey$2 "o has conceal$ all t unites1 sexually1 man & animal1 ev]y?+ t proves ! unity ( orig9 = all t lives & feels4 ,physicians :o h /udi$ ?is "q h kn[n only ! abnormal1 ! malady3 x w\ld be imprud5t to base conclusions on g5]al practices f _! obs]vations4 ,! be/ s\rce1 at lea/ = ,europeans1 is /ill ! casui/ writ+s4 ,f ! enum]ation ( s9s aga9/ *a/ity ga!r$ by pr(essional confessors1 "o c\ld1 aft] "s /udy1 d$uce ! secret sexual habits ( civiliz$ humanity4 ,b "o mu/ take c>e n to reta9 ei!r ! old idea ( s91 or ! idea ( ! same "u mod]n cloak1 ( fault1 crime or error4 ,practices common to an entire e?nic gr\p c n be judg$ to be o!r ?an normal1 x matt]s little :e!r !y h be5 /igmatiz$ by ! apologi/s ( "r liv+4 ,:at is good is :at is & :at w cont9ue to be4 ,x is kn[n t bimanes & quadrumanes are v lib]t9e1 & t ?is is 9 accord ) _! physical suppl5ess & _! intellig5ce4 ,x is a fact und5iable & insurm\ntable1 ev5 if annoy+4 ,! human c\ple has drawn f ?is t5d5cy a ?\s& erotic fantasies1 :i*1 9 be+ discipl9$ h end$ 9 ! creation ( a v]itable sexual me?od1 be x dis9t]e/$ pleasure1 be x pres]vation aga9/ fecundity2 is ?is ( no importance8 ,h[ c "o lecture ab\t depopulation if "o lose sight ( ?is primordial fact8 ,:at c normal or patriotic reason+ d aga9/ an in/9ct :i* has become or rebecome an intellig5t & consci\s practice1 b\nd to :at is deepe/ 9 human s5sibility8 ,x is v difficult1 especially :5 deal+ ) man1 to di/+ui% betwe5 normal & abnormal4 ,:at is ! normal2 :at ! natural8 ,nature ignores ?is adjective1 & "o has dragg$ out ( h] bosom _m illusions1 p]haps 9 irony1 p]haps 9 ignorance4 ,x is n p]haps v useful to describe human cavalage1 :i* is n /rictly a cavalage1 z ! woman is attack$ f ! front4 ,v]itable cavalage has be51 z "o kn[s1 prais$ by ,lucretius1 al?\gh1 x has1 & ?is detracts no?+ f its m]its1 an air frankly animal2 x is ! =m ( love call$ by ! !ologians m be/i>um & by ,lucretius m f]>um :i* is ! same ?+3 ,et quibus ipsa modis tractetur bl&a voluptas1 ,quoque p]magni ref]t2 nam m f]>um1 ,quadrup$umque magis ritu1 pl]umque putantur ,concip]e uxores1 quia sic loca sum]e possunt1 ,pectoribus positis1 sublatis sem9a lumbis4 ,?is mode1 consid]$ by ,lucretius z ! m fav\rable to fecundation1 is t ( mo/ mammif]s1 ( ne>ly all insects & ( _m animal families4 ,apes great & small "k no o!r4 ,! ar*itecture ( _! bodies w\ld make face to face copulation v difficult4 ,"o mu/ n =get t _! upright position is nev] m ?an mom5t>y1 ev5 9 orangs & *impanzees2 !y are n mu* bett] equilibrat$ ?an be>s1 mu* less s ?an kang>oos1 m>mosets#a & squirrels2 ev5 :5 !y /& up "o feels t !y h f\r feet4 ,love among !m is n free f ! seasons1 & al?\gh !y are libid9\s all ! ye>1 !y d n seem fit = g5]ation save ?r\gh ! weeks ( _! rutt+ "t3 !n _! g5ital organs acquire a p]man5t rigidity2 ! udd]s ( ! females1 ord9>ily z small z ^? ( ! males1 only swell dur+ ?is p]iod4 ,!re is1 !re=e1 a va/ diff]5ce1 f ! sexual /&po9t1 betwe5 man & ! great apes1 8 anatomic neighb\rs4 ,man ev5 9 ! humble/ species has ma/]$ love & made x 8 daily slave1 at ! same "t t he has v>i$ ! accompli%m5ts ( 8 desire & made possible its r5ewal aft] brief int]val4 ,?is dome/ication ( love is an intellectual "w1 due to ! ri*ness & p[] ( our n]v\s sy/em1 :i* is z capable ( long sil5ces z ( long physiological disc\rses1 ( action & ( reflection4 ,! bra9 ( man is an +5i\s ma/] :i* has manag$1 )\t possess+ any v evid5t sup]iority1 to get out ( ! o!r organs "w ( ! mo/ complicat$ sorts1 & mo/ f9ely-%>p5$ pleasures2 its 7! bra9's7 ma/]y is v feeble 9 quadrumanes & o!r animals2 x is v /rong 9 insects z w be expla9$ 9 a foll[+ *apt]4 ,"o ne$ n wait = a m9ute description ( ! ext]ior love me*anism ( all animal species4 ,x w\ld be long1 difficult & boresome4 ,a few *>act]i/ic examples w be en\gh4 ,! duration ( ! coition is extremely v>iable1 ev5 9 sup]ior mammals4 ,v sl[ = dogs1 c\pl+ is b a ?und]clap = ! bull1 ! ram's is call$ ! lutte 7/rife74 ,! bull m]ely ent]s & leaves1 & x is a spectacle = philosoph]s1 = "o und]/&s imm$iately t :at drives ! fi]y bea/ at 8 female is n ! lure ( a pleasure too swift to be deeply felt1 b a =ce ext]ior to ! individual al?\gh includ$ 9 8 organism4 ,by its long griev\s duration ! coition ( dogs leads to analog\s reflections ,9 triviis quum spe canes disc$]e av5tes ,div]si cupid9e summis ex viribus t5dunt4 --,,lucretius4 ,?is is because ! dog's p5is conta9s a holl[ bone giv+ passage to ! ure?ra4 ,ar\nd ?is bone are ga!r$ ! erectile tissues :]e( "o1 ! node ( ! prong1 swells disproportionately dur+ coition & prev5ts ! sep>ation ( ! two animals aft] ! act is accompli%$4 ,!y rema9 a long "t uncom=table1 n manag+ to free !mselves until long aft] _! desire has turn$ to disgu/1 grotesque & lam5table symbol ( _m a human liaison4 ,our o!r famili> animal1 ! cat1 is n m happy 9 8 affections4 ,8 p5is is inde$ furni%$ ) ?orns1 ) homy papilla t[>d ! tip1 & ! intromission z well z ! sep>ation is only accompli%$ ) groans4 ,:at "o he>s at night are n cries ( voluptu\sness b ( suff]+1 ! b[l+s ( a bea/ :om nature has caught 9 ! trap4 ,?is does n prev5t ! female f be+ v ent]pris+2 respond+ to ! cries ( ! pursu+ male %e excites him 9 a hundr$ ways1 bit+ at neck & belly ) an insi/5ce :i* has1 !y say1 provid$ a metaphor 9 ! erotic vocabul>y4 ,bit+ ! neck is mu* m curi\s1 z x is ( a mu* less direct int5tion4 ,bit*es also bite ! neck ( ! dog 9 prelude4 ,= ne> ! neck is situat$ ! bulb1 orig9al knot ( n]ves gov]n+ ! secret p>ts & ! g5ital region4 ,! pa9 :i* accompanies sexual acts ought to be diff]5tiat$1 ) precision1 f passive suff]+4 ,x is v possible 7wom5 c te/ify to ! fact7 t sighs & ev5 cries emitt$ at su* "t are ! expression ( a mix$ s5sation1 :]e9 joy has almo/ z great a "p z suff]+4 ,we mu/ n judge fel9e exclamations f ! %rillness ( timbre2 tortur$ by ! male prong ! %e-cats h[l1 b !y await ! supreme b5$iction4 ,! rig\r ( ! fir/ approa*es is p]haps b ! promise ( deep] delights3 at any rate "s wom5 h ?\ght s4 ,"o kn[s t a cat's tongue is r\gh3 s is ! tongue & all ! muc\s surfaces ( negroes4 ,?is r\ghness ( surface notably augm5ts ! g5ital pleasure1 z m5 :o h kn[n negresses te/ify4 ,x has be5 p]fect$4 ,! ,dyaks ( ,borneo pi]ce ! extremity ( ! p5is1 ?r\gh ! navicul> *annel & fit into x a p9 to bo? ends ( :i* are atta*$ tufts ( /iff hair 9 ! =m ( a bru%4 ,be=e surr5d] ! wom5 by c]ta9 tricks & c]ta9 traditional ge/ures indicate ! l5g? ( ! bru% desir$4 ,9 ,java "o replaces ?is app>atus kn[n z ! ampallang1 by a %ea? ( goat sk91 m or less ?ick4 ,9 o!r c\ntries !re are incru/ations ( little pebbles1 :i* give ! gl& ! %ape ( an emboss$ mace2 & ^! pebbles are sometimes replac$ by t9y bells1 s t ! m5 make 9 runn+ a s\nd l mules1 & att5tive wom5 c judge _! value accord+ to ! int5sity ( _! sexual music4 ,^! cu/oms1 not$ by de ,paw among c]ta9 aborig9es ( ,am]ica1 h n be5 rec5tly obs]v$1 d\btless because ! ,*ri/ian mode/y ( mod]n travell]s has oblit]at$ _! eyes & e>s at conv5i5t mom5ts4 ,no cu/om is aboli%$ save 9 ! face ( "s o!r cu/om m useful to s5suality1 & ! imag9ation seems r to advance ?an to rec$e 9 ^! matt]s4 ,x is true t ! inv5tors hide !mselves1 ev5 9 savage c\ntries1 sexual morality t5d+ t[>d uni=mity4 ,^! artifices1 :i* appe> curi\s to u1 h c]ta9ly be5 creat$ at ! in/igation ( wom51 s9ce !irs is ! pr(it ( !m4 ,males h submitt$ to !m1 happy no d\bt to be deliv]$ at ! price ( pass+ pa9 f ! t]rible lascivi\sness ( _! females4 ,rack$ & flay$ by su* in/rum5ts ! wom5 ought1 at lea/ = a few days1 to flee ! male & brood 9 sil5ce ^u _! luxuri\s memories4 ,*9ese & ,japs1 ^: wom5 are likewise lascivi\s1 are famili> ) analog\s means2 to dom9ate _! companions !y h also inv5t$ +5i\s onani/ me?ods :i* give !m "t to att5d to _! own affairs1 :ile peace reigns ov] _! he>?/ones4 ,9 ! /range dissemblance betwe5 human races ! ,aryans h1 = ! same purpose1 made use ( ! religi\s *eck-re91 ( pray]1 ( ! idea ( s91 & f9ally ( lib]ty1 t is to say ( ! pleasure ( vanity :i* bewild]s ! woman1 & invites h] to please someone else be=e satisfy+ h]self4 ,woman is n ! only mammal = :om1 ap>t f ! peculi> =m ( ! p5is1 ! fir/ approa*es are pa9ful2 b !re is p]haps no female :o has bett] reason ?an ! mole = fe>+ ! male4 ,h] vulva1 ext]iorly unp]=at$1 is cov]$ by hide1 d[ny z t ( ! re/ ( h] body2 %e mu/1 to be fecundat$1 und]go a v]itable surgical op]ation4 ,"o kn[s h[ ^! bea/s live1 burr[+ 9 se>* ( food1 9 long subt]ranean gall]ies1 ( :i* ! wa/age1 pu%$ up "h & !re =ms ! mole-ridge4 ,9 rutt+ "t1 =gett+ 8 hunt+1 ! male />ts 9 que/ ( a female2 z soon z he div9es h]1 he />ts digg+ 9 h] direction1 furi\sly excavat+ ! ho/ile e>?4 ,feel+ h]self hunt$1 ! female flees4 ,h]$it>y in/9ct makes h] tremble be=e ! tool :i* %all op5 h] belly1 be=e ! r$\btable gimlet-arm$ p5is :i* has p]=at$ h] "m & all h] female ance/ors4 ,%e flees1 digs1 z ! male advances1 cross-hat*+ tunnels 9 :i* h] p]secutor may end by los+ 8 way2 b ! male also is educat$ by h]$ity3 he does n foll[ ! female b circles r\nd h]1 heads h] (f1 ends by cat*+ h] 9 an impasse1 & :ile %e is /ill ramm+ h] bl9d muzzle into ! e>?1 he grips1 op]ates1 fecundates4 ,*>m+ emblem ( mode/y1 ?is small1 s(t1 black-pelt$ bea/4 ,:at human virg9 w\ld %[ su* con/ancy 9 ! def5ce ( h] virtue8 ,:o1 alone 9 ! night1 9 a subt]ranean palace1 w\ld use h] h&s to op5 ! walls1 all h] /r5g? to flee f h] suitor8 ,philosoph]s h believ$ t sexual mode/y 0 an artificial s5tim5t1 fruit ( civilizations3 !y did n "k ! mole's /ory1 or any ( ! true /ories 9 nature1 = ne>ly all females are timor\s1 ne>ly all react1 at ! appe>ance ( ! male1 9 fe> or 9 flight4 ,our virtues are nev] m ?an psy*ological t5d5cies1 & ! f9e/ ( !m are ^? ^: explanation we are =bidd5 to seek4 ,:y is ! %e-bat viol5t1 ! %e-mole timor\s8 ,)\t d\bt ! %e-mole obs]ves ! rule1 ev5 9 exagg]at+ its sev]ity1 b :y ! rule8 ,!re is no rule1 !re are no?+ b facts :i* we gr\p 9 modes p]ceptible to our intellig5ce1 facts :i* are always provisory1 & :i* a *ange ( p]spective c d5aturize4 ,! notion ( a rule1 ! notion ( a law1 confession ( our impot5ce to pursue a fact into ! logical orig9s ( its g5ealogy4 ,! law is a fa%ion ( speak+1 an abbreviation1 a po9t ( re/4 ,! law is half ! facts plus "o4 ,e law is at ! m]cy ( an accid5t1 an unexpect$ enc\nt]2 & yet1 )\t ! idea ( law all w\ld be m]e night 9 our consci\sness4 ,! male1 says ,ari/otle1 9 8 ,treatise on ,g5]ation1 repres5ts ! specific =m1 ! female1 ! matt]4 ,%e is passive1 9 s mu* z %e is female2 ! male is active4 ,sexual mode/y is a fact ( sexual passivity4 ,! mom5t w come = ! female to be 9 h] turn active & /rong1 :5 %e has be5 fecundat$1 & :5 %e mu/ give bir? & food to ! po/]ity ( h] race4 ,! male !n becomes in]t2 equable %>+ ( ! exp5se ( =ces1 j division ( lab\r4 ,?is passivity ( ! female elem5t is f\nd aga9 9 ! v figuration ( animality1 =m$ by ! egg & ! sp]matozoide4 ,"o sees ! play "u ! microscope3 ! egg waits1 solid z a =tress or z a woman :om _m m5 look on & covet2 ! little animals beg9 _! attack1 !y besiege ! enclosure1 !y butt x ) _! heads2 "o ( !m breaks ! wall1 he ent]s1 & z soon z 8 tad-pole tail passes ! brea*1 ! w\nd recloses4 ,! entire activity ( ?is embryonic female r$uces itself to ?is ge/ure2 ! great] "p ( h] great si/]s "k no o!r4 ,_! free-w ne>ly always consi/s 9 ?is3 !y receive "o among ! arrivals1 )\t "o's be+ able to "k v well :e!r ! *oice is psy*ological or me*anical4 ,! female waits1 or flees1 :i* is b ano!r way ( wait+1 ! active way2 = n only se cupit ante vid5ti b %e desires to be tak51 %e wi%es to fulfill h] de/9y4 ,x is d\btless = ?is reason t1 9 species :]e ! male is feeble or timid1 ! female resigns h]self to an aggression dem&$ by c>e = future g5]ations4 ,9 %ort1 two =ces are pres5t1 ! magnet & ! ne$le4 ,usually ! female is ! magnet1 sometimes %e is ! ne$le4 ,^! are details ( me*anism :i* d n modify ! g5]al m>* ( ! ma*9e to its goal4 ,at ! orig9 ( all feel+ !re is a fact irr$ucible & incompreh5sible 9 itself4 ,common reason+ />ts f ! feel+ to expla9 ! fact2 ?is gives ! absurd result ( mak+ ?\ght run 9 a set track1 l a horse 9 a circus4 ,kantian ignorantism is ! ma/]piece ( ^! tra9+ ex]cises1 :]e1 />t+ f ! categoric /able ! le>n$ quadrup$ necess>ily ?i!r returns1 hav+ jump$ ?r\gh all ! pap] disks ( s*ola/ic reason+4 ,obs]v]s ( animal habits fall regul>ly into ! prejudice ( attribut+1 regul>ly1 to bea/s directive pr9ciples :i* only a long philosophic education & especially ,*ri/ianity h ramm$ into re/ive human docility4 ,t\ss5el & ,romanes are r>ely sup]ior to ! possessors ( a prodigi\s dog or miracul\s cat3 "o mu/ reject z apocryphal ! anecdotes ( animals' intellig5ce1 & especially ^? boa/+ _! s5sibility1 or celebrat+ _! virtues2 n t ^! are ( necessity1 inexact1 b because ! mann] ( int]pret+ !m has vitiat$1 9 pr9ciple1 ! mann] ( obs]vation4 ,"o sole obs]v] appe>s to me tru/wor?y 9 ^! matt]s1 namely ,j4 ,h4 ,fabre1 ! man :o1 s9ce ,raumur1 has p5etrat$ fur!/ into ! intimacy ( insects1 & ^: "w is v]itably ! creator1 p]haps )\t 8 hav+ suspect$ x1 ( a g5]al psy*ology ( animals4 ,! madness ( attribut+ to bea/s ! intuitive k ( our moral cate*ism has creat$ ! leg5d ( ! elephant's sexual mode/y4 ,^! *a/e mon/]s hide1 !y say1 to make love2 animat$ by a :olly romantic s5sibility1 !y c n give way to _! feel+s save 9 ! my/]y ( ! jungle1 9 ! labyr9? ( ! virg9 =e/s3 t is :y !y h nev] be5 kn[n to bre$ 9 captivity4 ,no?+ is m idiotic2 ! elephant 9 ! public g>d5 or ! circus is ready en\gh to make love1 al?\gh ) less en?usiasm ?an 9 8 native =e/1 z is ! case ) ne>ly all bea/s newly captive4 ,he bre$s "u man's eye ) p]fect indiff]5ce1 & no %[man c prev5t ! %e-elephant1 :o is v le*]\s1 f manife/+ ) full voice h] %ameless desires4 ,z h] vulva op5s n betwe5 h] legs b t[>d ! middle ( h] abdom51 ,buffon believ$ t %e _h to lie on h] back to receive ! male4 ,?is is n s1 b %e has to make a p>ticul> ge/ure3 %e kneels4 ,:ales :o are by f> ! greate/ mammals1 obey a special rite1 impos$ by _! lack ( memb]s & ! elem5t 9 :i* !y live2 ! two colossi heave ov] on _! sides l sprung %ips1 & jo9 obliquely1 belly to belly4 ,! male organ is enorm\s1 ev5 9 ! /ate ( re/1 six or eight feet long & fifte5 or sixte5 in*es 9 circumf]5ce4 ,! vulva ( ! female is longitud9al2 ne> x is f\nd ! udd] :i* projects greatly :5 %e gives suck4 ,?is udd] has ejectory p[]1 ! :ale cub hooks on by 8 lips1 & ! milk is s5t to him z f a pump1 m>vell\s accommodation ( organs to ! necessities ( ! milieu4 ,anatomy =ces female seals & walruses to turn ov] to receive ! male4 ,9 ! specie commonly call$ ! sea-lion1 %e seems accord+ to obs]vations p]haps too sket*y1 to make ! advances4 ,! male be+ /ret*$ out at re/ %e rolls be=e him1 plagues him1 :ile he grumbles4 ,%e succe$s 9 mov+ him1 & !y g to play 9 ! wat]4 ,on return ! female lies on h] back1 ! male :o is mu* ?ick] & long] cov]s h]1 propp+ himself on 8 arms4 ,! c\pl+ la/s sev5 or eight m9utes4 ,! po/ure ( female seals is also t ( h$gehogs1 & truly ! cavalage "h mu/ be p>ticul>ly ?orny4 ,despite 8 ro( ! male tortoise climbs onto ! female & in/alls himself !re1 cl++ to h] %ell ) ! nails ( 8 =efeet2 !re he /ays fifte5 days hav+ sl[ly introduc$ into h] pati5t organs 8 long r\nd prong1 end+ 9 a sort ( po9t$ ball1 press+ ) all 8 /r5g? ! enorm\s clitoris ( ! female4 ,we f9d ourselves f> f mammif]s & f ! excitability ( ! bull2 ?is c\pl+ :i* la/s a :ole season leads u t[>d ! voluptu\s laz9ess ( disgu/+ & m>vell\s ga/]opodes4 ,accord+ to tales :i* are1 p]haps1 n contradictory1 crocodiles c\ple 9 ! wat]1 accord+ to "s1 & on l& accord+ to o!rs2 9 wat] lat]ally2 on l&1 ! female on h] back4 ,x is said to be ! male :o puts h] on h] back1 & :o1 coition complet$1 helps h] to "r h]self2 *>m+ spectacle1 :i* ,i c n gu>antee to be s1 b :i* w\ld improve our idea ( ! gallantry ( ^! anci5t div9ities4 ,i don't "k :e!r anyone has ev] rem>k$ t ! caduceus ( ,m]cury repres5ts two s]p5ts c\pl$4 ,to describe ! caduceus is to describe ! love me*anism ( ophidians4 ,! bifurcat$ p5is p5etrates ! vag9a1 ! bodies int]lace fold on fold :ile ! two heads rise ov] ! /iff5$ coils & look fix$ly at ea* o!r1 = a long "t1 eye gaz+ into eye4 ,c]ta9 fi% h p5ial organs2 !y c !n realize true copulation2 ?us dog-fi%1 b\nce1 %>ks1 sea-h9ds 7bi*es74 ,! males grip ! females & hold !m ) hooks (t5 =m$ at ! exp5se ( ! abdom9al f91 by c>tilag9\s pieces :i* p5etrate ! female orifice & s]ve z slide to ! p5is4 ,! male skate seizes ! female1 turns h] ov]1 clamps himself to h]1 belly to belly1 holds h] ) 8 p5ial t5tacles & f9i%es ! c\pl+1 releas+ 8 se$ :i* fl[s into ! cloaca4 ,! op]ation is repeat$ sev]al times2 sep>at$ by ! emission ( skatelets :o are born alive1 x cont9ues until ! female has dis*>g$ ! great] "p ( h] eggs4 #a ,"h ,r4 de ,g4 uses ! t]m m>motte2 up to ?is ! ^w ,i h translat$ m>moset has be5 oui/iti4 ,,*apt] ,x ,,me*anism ,,( ,,love ,,ii4 ,copulation 7cont9u$74--,ar?ropodes4--,scorpions4--, l>ge aquatic cru/aceans4--,small cru/aceans4--,! hydra*ne4--,scutil>y4--,cock*af]4--,butt ]flies4-- ,flies1 etc4--,v>iation ( animals' sexual habits4 ,among insects1 batra*ians1 & mollusks "o f9ds ! mo/ curi\s modes ( fecundation & ^? fur!/ remov$ f ! usual me*anism ( mammals2 be=e com+ to t we w give a few examples1 t[>d =m+ an idea ( ! sexual habits ( v>i\s species *os5 f ! ar?ropodes4 ,9 scorpions1 let u say1 t]re/rial repres5tatives ( aquatic cru/aceans3 ! two sexes are id5tical1 g5ital organs usually invisible1 hidd5 betwe5 ! abdom5 & ! cephalo?orax1 ! front "p ( x :]e ! head )\t neck is prolong$ directly into ! ?orax4 ,! male is provid$ ) two rigid p5es englob$ 9 a %ea?--d\ble b =m+ a s+le canal2 hold+ ! female belly to belly he ins]ts !m 9 ! vulva1 "o bran* b5d+ to ! left1 ! o!r to ! "r t[>d ea* ( ! two oviducts4 ,same me*anism 9 cru/aceans1 save 9 ! r>e cases :5 !y are h]maphrodite4 ,lob/]s1 lang\/s1 crevisses1 crabs1 l ! scorpion1 c\ple 9 a mann] s+ul>ly resembl+ t ( humans4 ,curi\s spectacle1 t ( ! h5 lob/] attack$ by ! male1 turn$ on h] back1 pati5tly p]mitt+ him to /ret* ov] h]1 enlac+ h] claws & 8 p9c]s6 ,vision ( a sabbat :i* ,callot or ,dor w\ld only h pa9t$ 9 fe>4 ,p]haps "o w\ld consid] ?is be=e op5+ ! arm\r$ belly ( ^! bea/s :o h br$ _! species among alg1 & 9 holes ( ! rocks8 ,! g5ital gl&s ( cru/aceans are excell5t2 p gladly eat ^? ( ! sea-anemone2 ! only good "p ( ^! sp9y animals4 ,! males ( ! great] cru/aceans h erectile ejectory canals1 ris+ 9 ! =m ( d\ble prong betwe5 ! =efeet2 ! females are correspond+ly provid$ ) two vulv op5+ 9 ! ?ird /]nal segm5t1 or at ! base ( ! feet correspond+ to ?is segm5t4 ,copulation is effect$ by quick acts1 reit]at$ two or ?ree times1 la/+ a qu>t] ( an h\r4 ,! male ( ! fre% wat] prawn :o swims lean+ on 8 side1 holds 8 female betwe5 8 claws & progresses by b\nds2 %e is mu* small] ?an he is4 ,same me*anism 9 aselle & talitre or sea-flea4 ,!re are _m s+ul>ities 9 ! sexual habits ( small cru/aceans1 ! male bopyre lives z p>asite on ! female1 :o is f\r or five times l>g]2 oddity increas$ by ! female h]self be+ ! p>asite ( ! palemon4 ,x is %e :o =ms ! little bloat$ness :i* "o notices1 grayi% :5 cook$1 on ! heads ( %rimps1 turn$ p9k4 ,fi%]m5 /ate t ?is spot is a small sole1 b !y also tell o!r y>ns3 = example1 t anatifes1 ! p$uncul> mussels :i* "o sees on drift-wood are ! embryos ( wild-ducks1 & "o noble sailor has himself se5 !m tak+ flight4#a ,! male l+uatula is also small] ?an ! female1 he has "o te/icle b two long copulat+ organs :i* simultane\sly p5etrate ! female1 ejaculat+ t[>d ! two ov>ies4 ,ano!r small male is ! hydra*ne1 wat] ac>ian1 two or ?ree times small] ?an ! female1 he alone is provid$ ) a tail at ! end ( :i* are 8 g5ital organs2 ! female's are =m$ by a papilla situat$ b5ea? ! belly & m>k$ by a :ite pat* surr\nd+ ! sluice4 ,! male swims1 ! female comes to meet him1 lifts h]self obliquely & br+s h] :ite spot into t\* ) h] lov]'s caudal extremity1 ! junction is accompli%$4 ,"o !n sees ! male drag along ! kick+ female2 ! c\pl+1 ) p]iods ( re/1 b )\t int]ruption ( pr(\nd contact cont9ues = sev]al days4 ,) insects ( sup]ior tal5ts x is1 on ! contr>y1 ! female :o c>ries (f ! male3 ! ant c>ries h]s on h] back1 :ile he b5ds 8 abdom5 into a b[ t[>d h] vulva2 ?us weight$1 %e flies1 m\nts1 planes1 !n falls ) him l a drop ( wat]4 ,he dies on ! spot1 ! female gets up1 returns to ! ne/1 lays1 be=e dy+4 ,! fetes ( ! ant are ( ! :ole ant hill at once1 ! fall ( ! lov]s l a gold5 cascade1 & ! resurrection ( ! females gleams 9 ! sun l a russet foam4 ,! scutil>y is an insect sometimes squ>i% or %ield-%ap$ resembl+ ! gre5 wood l\se1 sometimes long & cyl9drical ) po9ts & l9es ( all col\rs on its w+s4 ,"o ( !m1 scuti=m1 kn[n z l9eata1 ) r$ back & black /ripes1 is common on umbellif]a4 ,copulation takes place end to end2 "o c see !m ?us1 ! female t[+ ! small] male f leaf to leaf1 f umbel to umbel4#b ,! =ficula also c\ple end to end1 fleas1 ^: male is small]1 c\ple belly to belly ) feet enlac$2 ! position recall+ t ( dragon flies is m rem>kable1 9 ! l\vette1 a small insect :i* lives on broom1 & readily ?r[s itself ^u man3 ! vulva is 9 fact1 ne> ! m\?4 ,coleopt]a are giv5 to cavalage1 ( duration v>y+ f t5 h\rs to two days4 ,! male cock*af] pursues ! female ) f]v\r1 he is s ard5t t he (t5 m\nts o!r males1 deceiv$ by ! od\r ( rut float+ 9 ! air4 ,he seizes ! female & holds h] clamp$ by 8 =elegs & g5ital hooks4 ,! union cont9ues a day & a night1 f9ally ! male1 exhau/$1 falls ov] backw>d1 & /ill hook$ by ! p5ial p9c]s1 is dragg$ along on 8 back by ! impassive female :o moves on fe$+1 pull+ him ov] ! leaves until dea? deta*es him2 !n %e lays & dies 9 h] turn4 ,butt]flies are likewise v f]v5t1 ! males make v]itable voyages 9 que/ ( females1 z ,fabre has prov$4 ,!y (t5 fly c\pl$1 ! /rong] female easily c>ry+ ! male3 x is a q frequ5t sight 9 ! c\ntry1 ^! butt]flies ) f\r w+s :o roll1 a little bewild]$ f fl[] to fl[]1 drunk5 %ips go+ :]e ! sails bid !m4 ,) flies1 fem9ism is br\ght frankly into ! love me*anism4 ,! females h ! copulative app>atus2 !y =ce _! oviduct1 !n a v]itable prong1 into ! male's belly2 x is ! females :o make ! ma/]+ ge/ure1 ! male m]ely grips ?is gimlet ) ! hooks :i* surr\nd 8 g5ital f5t4 ,x is ?is same augur :i* ! female uses to bore ! wood1 or e>? or fle% :]e %e deposits h] eggs4 ,! c\pl+ is end to end1 & "o ( ! easie/ to obs]ve4 ,"h are en\gh examples to %[ :at is p]man5t 9 ! me*anism ( true copulation1 & :at is v>iable 9 its ext]ior modes4 ,giv5 ! two *ief pieces ( ! app>atus1 ! sword & ! scabb>d1 nature1 z "o might say1 leaves x to ! imag9ation ( ea* specie to decide ! be/ mann] ( us+ !m2 all ways seem good if !y fecundate4 ,nature has /ill m rem>kable me?ods1 = ! sexual inv5tions ( humanity are ne>ly all ant]ior or ext]ior to man4 ,!re is n "o ^: model1 ev5 p]fect$1 is n (f]$ him by ! animals1 by ! mo/ humble ( animals4 ,if !re is no g5]al rule1 if !re is no "o moral mann] ( fecundat+ a female1 "o mu/ recognize t ! same mode is fix$ 9 ! same specie1 9 ! same g5us or family4 ,i d n ?9k t anyone has obs]v$ v>iation 9 ! sexual habits ( an animal2 yet acts ( %e] disemb>rassm5t be+ possible1 "o c n consid] ! love me?od z be+ rigor\sly fix$4 ,x has v>i$ 9 social bees1 p>t+ f ! relation ( ! c\ple1 ! aggression ( ! male1 to end 9 ! political & autocratic fecundation ( a sole female by a sole male *os5 among an hundr$ slave fav\rites4 ,! me*anism itself mu/ h *ang$ ) ! *ange ( ! organs1 comply+ ) corporal circum/ances & ) ^? ( ! milieu1 "u pressure ( ! n]v\s sy/em :i* dem&s acts )\t c>+ = ! in/rum5ts :i* mu/ execute !m4 ,"o f9ds pro( ( ^! *anges 9 ! accid5tal h]maphrodism ( a great numb] ( inv]tebrates & ev5 ( fi%es1 su* z ! cod1 ! h]r+1 ! scomb]3 a fundam5tal *ange s9ce x %ifts ! animal f a sup]ior to an inf]ior category2 a recall to orig9s1 d\btless1 & an indication t ! species liable to su* accid5ts are f> f be+ physiologically fix$4 ,x is v probable t analog\s accid5ts1 less acc5tuat$1 visible sometimes 9 ext]ior mal=mation1 invisible 9 _! psy*ological influ5ce1 are ! cause ( c]ta9 t5d5cies 9 contra/ to ! sex app>5t or ev5 real4 ,b ?is does n yet answ] ! ma9 "q3 are !re 9 animals1 ap>t f purely me*anical ab]rations1 erotic fantasies8 ,"o c n answ] ) c]ta9ty4 ,! animal m]ely foll[s a groove2 :5 he has gone ?r\gh x1 if he lives = ano!r season1 he m]ely goes ov] ! same gr\nd1 att5tive to ! same ne$1 submitt$ always to ! same ge/ures4 ,v true1 b ! animals famili> to man or 8 neighb\rs1 ! dog1 ! ape1 p]haps ! cat1 are assur$ly capable ( erotic fantasies2 x is !re=e difficult to d5y ?is t5d5cy to o!r animals1 to ! s intellig5t hym5opt]a1 = example4 ,:o kn[s1 moreov]1 :e!r c]ta9 ecc5tric modes ( copulation are n fix$ fantasies1 become habit & hav+ supplant$ an ant]ior me?od1 ! animal be+ little able to employ two cu/oms at once8 ,:at we h f\nd1 at lea/1 is t ! love me*anism is1 9 nature1 ( inf9ite v>iety1 & t if x appe>s /able 9 mo/ ( ! fix$ species1 x is1 9 its entirety extremely oscillat+1 caprici\s1 & fanta/ic4 #a ,! "n ( ^! cirrip$es be>s witness to ?is sup]/ition3 anatife is ! abridgem5t ( anatif]e1 duck-be>+1 lat9 anas1 anatis1 ,a tree equally m>vel\s1 is t :i* produces b>nacles1 = ! fruits ( ?is tree *ange into birds4 7,m&eville's ,travels47 #b ,?is does n seem to be g5]al4 ,i h rec5tly obs]v$1 on ! umbels ( wild c>rots1 num]\s c\ples ( scutil>ies1 proce$+ by cavalage1 ! male in]t1 c\*$ on ! walk+ female1 :o />t$ at ! lea/ al>m4 ,=m n>r[1 almo/ cyl9drical2 col\r3 orange r$1 ) two %ort black b&s3 /rong suck]1 long ant5n4 ,union la/+ at lea/ a day & a night4--,r4 de ,g4 ,,*apt] ,,xi ,,! ,,me*anism ,,( ,,love ,,iii4 ,( birds & fi%4--,males )\t p5is4--,c\pl+ by simple contact4--,salacity ( birds4--,copulation ( batra*ians3 acc\*eur toad1 aquatic toad1 e>? toad1 pipa toad4--,ftal p>asitism4--,*a/ity ( fi%4--,sexes sep>at$ 9 love4--,onani/ic fecundation4--,cephalopodes1 ! sp]matophore4 ,,iii4 ,( birds & fi%4 ,x is t[>d ! middle ( ! second mon? t ! sep>ation ( ! cloaca into two regions is m>k$ 9 ! human foetus3 a p>tition is =m$ :i* w absolutely isolate ! dige/ive *annel f ! uro-g5ital4 ,! p]si/5ce ( ! cloaca is n a sign ( primitivity1 s9ce "o f9ds x 9 selacians1 batra*ians1 reptiles1 monotremes & birds4 ,! uro-g5ital region ( m>supials & ( sev]al rod5ts is submitt$ to a s+le sph9ct]1 witness ( orig9al union4 ,! bird's cloaca is divid$ into ?ree *amb]s1 = ! ?ree functions1 ! out] orifice be+ necess>ily unique1 by def9ition4 ,x is ) ?is rudim5t>y app>atus t mo/ birds turn to ! pleasures ( love4 ,! male be+ :olly depriv$ ( any erectile tissue1 coition is by simple contact1 a pressure1 p]haps a rubb+2 displeas+ z ! comp>ison may be1 x is a play analog\s to ! m\? to m\? kiss1 or1 if "o pref]1 to ! press+ ( two sapphi/s clasp$ vulva to vulva4 ,f> f be+ a regression or a /op1 x is p]haps a progress1 ! male at lea/ ga9+ 9 security & vig\r1 be+ oblig$ to v little muscul> developm5t4 ,! salacity ( c]ta9 birds is well kn[n1 & "o does n see t ! abs5ce ( an ext]ior p5is dim9i%es _! ard\r1 or att5uates ! pleasure :i* !y f9d 9 ^! succ9ct contacts4 ,p]haps ! direct g5ital pleasure is conc5trat$ 9 a vascul> papilla :i* swells a little at ! mom5t ( ! approa*es2 ?is is v rudim5t>y1 (t5 unnoticeable b x seems to be an excit+ organ1 ! produc] ( pleasure4 ,! male m\nts ! female1 holds h] ) feet & beak1 ! two cloaca are sup]pos$1 ! sp]m fl[s into ! oviduct4 ,"o sees sp>r[s repeat ! sexual act z (t5 z tw5ty times1 always ) ! same excitem5t1 ! same expression ( cont5tm5t2 ! female tires fir/1 & %[s h] impati5ce4 ,birds' habits are especially int]e/+ 9 reason ( ! play ) :i* !y surr\nd _! love mak+1 _! p>ades1 _! combats2 we w deal ) ?is 9 lat] *apt]s4 ,batra*ians live = h>dly any?+ save reproduction4 ,outside _! season ( love1 !y rema9 /upefi$4 ,! rut ov]-excites !m1 & ^! sl[1 froz5 animals !n %[ !mselves ard5t & implacable4 ,! males fight = ! possession ( females2 hav+ seiz$ a female1 no?+ w make ! male let g4 ,"o has se5 him /ick to 8 po/ ev5 aft] 8 h9d legs 7 cut (f1 ev5 aft] los+ half 8 body4 ,yet ! copulation is m]e simulacrum1 x takes place by simple contact 9 ! abs5ce ( ext]ior organs1 ev5 9 salam&]s1 despite ! pads :i* surr\nd ! cloaca1 sket* ( an app>atus :i* has rema9$ extremely rudim5t>y1 or possibly problematic4 ,) an\rs1 ! male1 small] ?an ! female1 climbs on h] back1 passes 8 =efeet1 8 arms1 "u h] armpits & rema9s sk9 to sk9 = a mon?1 = two mon?s4 ,at ! end ( ?is "t ! press$ flanks ( ! female f9ally let fall ! eggs1 & he fecundates !m z !y fall4 ,su* is ! c\pl+ ( frogs1 la/+ f fifte5 to tw5ty days4 ,! male clamb]s onto ! female1 encircles h] ) 8 arms1 crosses 8 h&s ov] h] brea/1 & holds h] tightly embrac$4 ,he !n rema9s immobile1 9 an ec/atic /ate1 ins5sible to e ext]nal %ock1 to e w\nd4 ,x w\ld seem t ! sole aim ( ?is enlac+ is to ex]cise a pressure on1 or to cause an excitem5t 91 ! belly ( ! female & to make h] deliv] h] eggs4 ,%e lays a ?\s& & ! male sprays !m ) sp]m z !y pass4 ,all ! an\rs 7tailless batra*ians7 ?us press _! females l lemons2 b ! me?od ( fecundat+ ! eggs is q v>iable4 ,! mid-wife toad enlac$ l ! o!rs1 aids ! em]g5ce ( ! egg g>l& ) 8 h9d feet1 he unrolls x gra9 by gra91 ) devotion1 :ile ! female1 immobile empti]1 l5ds h]self will+ly to ?is manuvre1 :i* %e feels p]haps z a c>ess4 ,! aquatic toad does n pull at ! g>l&1 he receives x 9 8 paws1 & :5 he has t5 eggs or s1 he spr9kles !m1 ejaculat+ ) a movem5t ( ! flanks1 :i* old ,roesel#a comp>es to t ( a dog's 9 coition4 ,z = ! common l& toad1 ^: note s\nds l a pure cry/al bell 9 calm ( ! ev5+1 he waits until all ! eggs h em]g$1 he arranges !m 9 a heap1 !n excit$ by som]saults1 he dr5*es ! lot ( !m4 ,b no batra*ian pati5ce is z curi\s z t ( ! pipa toad4 ,?is is a hide\s bea/ ) small eyes1 m\? surr\nd$ ) :isk]-prickles1 sk9 blacki% gre51 full ( w>ts & swell+s4 ,z ! eggs are laid ! male fecundates !m1 !n tak+ !m 9 8 l>ge webb$ feet he spreads !m out on ! female's back4 ,ar\nd ea* egg !re =ms a little protective pu/ule1 9 :i* ! "y hat*4 ,! female on :om a hat* comm5ces (f]s ! odd spectacle ( a back :5ce1 "h & !re1 heads & feet are spr\t+1 or f :i* em]ge little toads z if born ( a p>adox4#b ,?is =mation is ano!r pro( t nature f9ds any?+ good :i* happ5s to atta9 h] purpose1 & t %e c>es only = ! p]petuation ( life4 ,an incubatorial pocket 0 necess>y1 & %e _h =gott5 x2 no matt]1 ! animal w make "o = itself1 at its own exp5se or at ! exp5se ( "s o!r specie4 ,! small pipas ex]cize a real p>asitism1 ord]$ by an abs5t-m9d$ness ( nature4 ,:e!r ! deposit ( eggs be 9 ! "m's back or 9 ! tissue ( "s o!r animal ! p>asitism is no less evid5t1 at mo/ x is a "q ( degree4 ,f ?is po9t ( view x w be possible to consid] ! normal1 int]nal evolution ( sexual products z a p>asitic evolution3 ! "y ( ! mammal is a p>asite ( its "m1 z ! little i*neumon is a p>asite ( ! cat]pill> :i* s]ves x z ut]us4 ,?us consid]$ ! notion ( p>asitism tempor>y or l>val w disappe>1 or1 r1 take a mu* great] ext5sion1 envelop+ a consid]able numb] ( facts up till n[ sep>at$ 9 irr$ucible categories4 ,fecundation by contact is v r>e 9 fi%1 o!r ?an selacians4 ,"o h>dly f9ds x save 9 lophobran*i & c]ta9 o!r vivip>\s fi%1 su* z ! bl5ny2 ! milt p5etrates ! female organs )\t copulation1 & ! eggs develop ei!r 9 ^! organs1 or 9 a p\* :i* ! male c>ries "u 8 belly1 or ev5 9 ! male's m\?1 he hav+ ?us ! virtue ( assur+ ! bir? ( 8 (fspr+4 ,! lophobran*i are :olly s+ul> fi%1 "o ( !m1 ! sea-horse1 horse-head$ ludion1 gives a good idea ( ! family4 ,ord9>y fi%1 su* z "o kn[s & eats1 h[ev] ,m4 de ,lacpde may h classifi$ !m1 are *a/e animals void ( all erotic fantasy4 ,:at w\ld appe> to be ! ess5tial ( pleasure is unkn[n to !m4 ,! males d n "k possession nor ! females surr5d]1 no t\*1 no rubb+s1 no c>ess4 ,! object ( male desire is n ! female b ! eggs1 he wat*es = ^? %e is ab\t to lay1 he se>*es = ^? %e has laid1 an excitem5t q l ^? produc$ by onanism1 or :i* are eng5d]$ by feti%ism 9 c]ta9 di/ort$ m9ds & :i* op]ate at ! sight ( a slipp] or ribbon1 & die d[n1 ev5 to frigidity 9 ! pres5ce ( ! woman h]self4 ,! fi% sp5ds 8 sem5 on eggs :i* he f9ds float+ & ^: "m he has nev] se54 ,(t5 bo? eggs & male milt are left float+ & meet only 9 ! *ance ( curr5t & wave4 ,sometimes fi% =m a sep>ate c\ple4 ,! female swims up /ream1 /ops ov] a grass or s& bottom1 ! male foll[s1 obey+ h] ge/ure4 ,su* habits h p]mitt$ p to bre$ fi% ) z great a c]ta9ty z !y bre$ mu%rooms1 or m s4 ,"o takes a female swell$ ) eggs1 squeezes h] l an orange1 !n "o empties a male ( 8 milt1 & nature takes *>ge ( ! re/4 ,?is proc$ure is n possible ) c]ta9 species :i* act 9 conc]t1 ! male tilt$ onto 8 back1 8 g5ital orifice b5ea? t ( ! female1 & ejaculat+ 9 "t ) h]4 ,"o kn[s t salmon swim up riv]s 9 troops1 (t5 v d5se1 & into ! bran* /reams & creeks1 to lay _! spawn 9 quiet1 favorable nooks4 ,!n !y g d[n /ream worn out by ! dams & wat]falls :i* !y h m\nt$ by tail-swi%+1 & tir$ by _! g5ital ex]cises4 ,! column is (t5 l$ by a female1 ! o!r females foll[4 ,!n swim ! old males & la/ly ! "y males4 ,:5 ! lead]ess has f\nd a suitable place1 "o ( ! roes /ops1 holl[s ! s& ) h] belly1 leaves a packet ( eggs 9 ! hole1 an old male dr5*es !m at once1 b ! patri>* has be5 foll[$ by "y bucks :o imitate him & fecundate ! same eggs4 ,?us1 ) ^! fi% !re is a sort ( s*ool :]e ! exp]i5c$ tea* ! newcom]s ! proc$ure ( fecundation4 ,?is mixture ( eggs & sem5 f fi% ( all ages %\ld be v fav\rable to ! ma9t5ance ( a specific type1 if ! in/ability ( milieu did n br+ ab\t ! enc\nt] ( elem5ts belong+ to diff]5t neighb\r+ v>ieties3 despite ! good w ( naturali/s1 salmon & tr\t =m practically only "o family1 & no?+ is m difficult1 = example1 ?an to det]m9e ! specie ( a "y salmon1 or to /ate ! diff]5ce betwe5 a salmon & a sea tr\t4 ,! loves ( fi% 7& also ( e*9od]ms1 />-fi%1 sea-anemones1 etc47 ?us r$uce !mselves1 9 ! ma91 to ^? ( ovule & sp]matozoide4 ,! ess5tial4 ,b su* simplification is r %ock+ to ! s5sibility ( a sup]ior v]tebrate1 or to an insect accu/om$ to ! amor\s p>ade1 to multiple & prolong$ contacts1 to ! pres5ce & complexity ( ! opposite sex4 ,?is fa%ion ( love is1 admitt$ly1 n unkn[n to m51 b !y seem to be l$ to x r by necessity ?an by ta/e1 by morals r ?an by ! se>* = ! maximum pleasure4 ,g5ital satisfactions obta9$ ap>t f contact1 ap>t f be+ necess>ily infecund1 save 9 scabr\s sci5tific exp]im5ts1 (t5 cause a n]v\s & muscul> depression great] ev5 ?an excess committ$ 9 common4 ,b ?is result is n s evid5t t "o c conv]t x into a moral pr9ciple1 & ! fact rema9s t onanism1 c>efully consid]$1 is "o among nature's ge/ures4 ,a diff]5t conclusion w\ld be m agreeable2 b millions ( creatures w\ld prote/1 f all ! oceans1 & f b5ea? ! re$s ( all riv]s4 ,"o might g fur!r1 & ins9uate t ?is me?od :i* appe>s to u mon/r\s1 or1 s9ce x is a matt] ( fi%1 s+ul>1 is p]haps sup]ior to ! labori\s me?od ( cavalage1 s ugly1 9 g5]al1 & s inconv5i5t4 ,b !re is n 9 t]re/rial nature1 any m ?an 9 conceivable nature a high & l[1 a wrong side & a "r side2 !re is nei!r a good nor evil mann]1 a "r nor a wrong1 b !re are /ates ( life :i* fulfill _! purpose1 s9ce !y exi/ & s9ce exi/5ce is _! aim4 ,d\btless ! discord betwe5 ! w & ! organs is con/ant 9 all /ages ( life1 & mu* acc5tuat$ 9 man :]e ! wi%es are multiplex1 b :]e ! n]v\s sy/em rema9s1 9 %ort1 ! ma/]1 & gov]ns ev5 to ! dang] ( its life4 ,x is n ! *ance ( circum/ances & ( milieu t has swell$ ! sp]moduct ( c]ta9 fi% into papilla1 & !n into p5is1 or =m$ a %ea? = ?is p5is at ! exp5se ( ! caudal f92 x is ! w =ce ( c]ebral ganglia4 ,! evolution ( ! n]v\s sy/em is always 9 advance ( t ( ! organs1 ?is is a cause ( incoh]5ce1 & at ! same "t1 ( progress & *ange4 ,! day :5 ! bra9 has no m ord]s to give1 or :5 ! organs h exhau/$ _! faculties ( ob$i5ce1 ! specie is fix$2 if fix$ 9 a /ate ( incoh]5ce x moves t[>d c]ta9 ext9ction1 z ! monotremes4 ,_m species seem to h be5 de/roy$ 9 full evolution by ! contradictory exig5cies ( a tyrann\s & caprici\s n]v\s sy/em4 ,x is necess>y t ! male cephalopode fecundate ! female4 ,h[ w he d x1 hav+ no organic sp]m-vector8 ,he w make "o4 ,"o ?\ght = a long "t t ! female argonauts 7 prey$ on by a p>asite4 ,?is my/]i\s bea/ is no?+ b ! in/rum5t ( fecundation4 ,! male has a p\* :]e sp]m accumulates2 9 ?is p\* are made up little bags call$ sp]matophores1 ! animalcul move t[>d ! ?ird arm ( ! argonaut 7nautilus71 & ?is arm enl>ges 9 spatula1 equips itself ) a sc\rge1 loses its suck]s1 & !n :5 heavy ) life z a ripe grape1 x falls (f1 moves t[>d ! female1 comes alongside h] belly1 lodges 9 ! palleal cavity & oozes out its se$ into ! organs :]e ?is w enc\nt] ! ovules4 ,! male organ1 "h1 appe>s z a tempor>y individual1 a ?ird be+ betwe5 fa!r & "m1 a mess5g] :i* c>ries ! male g5ital treasure to ! female4 ,nei!r ( !m kn[s ! o!r4 ,! male is :olly ignorant ( ! female = :om he deta*es a limb1 & ! female kn[s no?+ ( h] fecundator save ! sole organ :i* fecundates4 ,a little m complicat$ ?an t ( ! fi%1 ?is me?od is probably old]1 & seems possible only = aquatic animals4 ,x is nev]!less t ( _m vegetables2 ?is swimm+ arm recalls ! w+$ gra9s ( poll5 :i* travel f> f _! pi/ils4 ,v few fl[]s c fecundate directly2 ne>ly all h ne$ ( an int]m$i>y1 ! w9d1 an insect1 a bird4 ,nature _h giv5 w+s to ! phallus1 ages be=e ! imag9ation ( ,pompeian pa9t]s2 %e _h ?\ght ( ?is1 n = ! pleasure ( ba%ful wom51 b = ! satisfaction ( ! mo/ hide\s bea/s t p ! ocean1 cuttlefi%1 calam>ies1 octopi4 #a ,9 8 ,hi/oria ,naturalis ,ran>um1 #ageh1 ,bufo aquaticus4 #b ,! back z ge/ative *amb] is also f\nd 9 woodlice1 dur+ "o ( _! p>!nog5etic phases1 cf4 ,fabre ,s\v5irs ,,vii1 les ,puc]ons du t]eb9!4 ,,*apt] ,,xii ,,! ,,me*anism ,,( ,,love ,,iv4 ,h]maphrodism4--,sexual life ( oy/]s4--,ga/]opodes4--,! idea ( reproduction & ! idea ( pleasure4--,me*anism ( reciprocal reproduction3 helices4--,sp9trian habits4--,reflections on h]maphrodism4 ,fi% are ! only v]tebrates among :om "o enc\nt]s h]maphrodism1 ei!r accid5tal3 cypr9s1 h]r+s1 scomb]s2 or regul>1 s>gue1 sp>aillon1 s]an4 ,! myx9es1 v humble fi% liv+ z p>asites1 are alt]native h]maphrodites1 l oy/]s1 l ascides2 ! g5ital gl& functions fir/ z te/icle1 !n z ov>y4 ,! amphioxus1 ! bridge betwe5 inv]tebrates & v]tebrates1 is n h]maphrodite4 ,! mo/ /rongly m>k$ & mo/ complicat$ =ms ( h]maphrodism are f\nd 9 mollusks1 & *iefly 9 ga/]opodes4 ,! alt]nate h]maphrodism ( oy/]s produces effects :i* h be5 obs]v$ ?r\gh\t antiquity4 ,! advice to ab/a9 f oy/]s dur+ mon?s lack+ an r is bas$ on a fact1 & t fact sexual4 ,f ,septemb] to ,may1 !y are males1 !y are te/icles1 !y elaborate sp]m1 !y are good2 f ,june to ,augu/ ! ov>ies b\rgeon1 fill ) eggs :i* turn :iti% z !y rip51 ! oy/]s are females1 !y are bad2 fecundation takes place at ?is "t1 ! sp]matozoides1 born 9 ! prec$+ p]iod1 f9ally p]=m _! (fice4 ,sup]/itions be=e be+ reject$ ought to be m9utely obs]v$ & analys$1 !re is ne>ly always a k]nel ( tru? 9 ! gross envelope4 ,9 ! h]maphrodism ( e*9od]ms1 ( fi%1 !re is nev] auto-fecundation2 ei!r ! sexual products meet outside ! animals1 :i* h nei!r copulat+ organs1 nor a relat$ g5ital life2 x is a simple gr[? ( g]ms2 or1 9 a m complex phase ! individuals h ext]ior male organs1 & female organs1 b !y c n use !m )\t ! aid ( ano!r individual act+ ei!r z male1 or z female4 ,"h a new di/9ction is impos$3 ei!r ! animal w be successively male1 & !n female2 or x w be bo? at once4 ,?is union ( ! two sexes seems useless1 accord+ to human logic1 :5 ! two g5ital gl&s rip5 at diff]5t seasons2 "o und]/&s x bett] :5 ! reciprocal fecundation is simultane\s1 s9ce ?is d\bles ! numb] ( females & bett] assures ! cons]vation ( ! specie4 ,"o mu/ set aside ! idea ( pleasure4 ,ap>t f ! fact t we c judge x only by a v di/ant & ev5 dubi\s analogy consid]+ ! diff]5ce betwe5 ! n]v\s sy/ems ( man & mollusk1 "o mu/ set x aside z useless4 ,pleasure is a result n an aim4 ,9 mo/ animal species coition is b a prelude to dea?1 & (t5 love & dea? "w _! supreme act 9 ! same in/ant4 ,copulation ( insects is suicide3 w\ld x be reasonable to consid] x z produc$ by a desire to die8 ,"o mu/ dissociate ! idea ( pleasure & ! idea ( love1 if "o wants to und]/& any?+ ( ! tragic movem5ts :i* p]petually beget life at ! exp5se ( life itself4 ,pleasure expla9s no?+4 ,p might simply be comm&$ to die z a means ( reproduction1 !y w\ld obey ) ! same eag]ness3 ?is is obs]v$ ev5 9 humanity4 ,di?yrambs on pleasure w\ld be misplac$ apropos ( ! mutual tickl+s ( two snails on a v9e-leaf2 ! subject is r uncom=table4 ,note !n two helices1 bo? bisexual1 fulfill+ exactly ! biblical phrase3 he creat$ !m male & female2 _! g5ital organs are v well develop$2 ! p5is & oviduct op5+ into a ve/ibule1 :i* 9 ! act ( copulation unbellies itself 9 "p1 s t ! p5is & vag9a come 9 t\* ) ! orifice2 mutual intromission takes place4 ,a ?ird organ comes f ! ve/ibule1 )\t analogy 9 sup]ior animals2 x is a little pocket conta9+ a small /iletto1 a jewell$ dagg]2 x is an excitative organ1 ! ne$le to prick up desires4 ,^! bea/s :o h prep>$ = love by fa/+1 by long rubb+s1 by :ole days ( close pressure1 f9ally come to a decision1 ! swords come out ( _! scabb>ds1 !y consci5ti\sly /ab ea* o!r1 ?is causes ! p5is to rise f its %ea?2 ! d\ble mat+ is accompli%$4 ,!re are species 9 :i* ! position ( ! organs is su* t ! same individual c n be at ! same "t ! female ( ! "o = :om he acts z male1 b he c at t mom5t s]ve z female to ano!r male1 :o is female to a ?ird1 & s on4 ,?is expla9s ! g>l&s ( sp9trian ga/]opodes :i* "o sees realiz+ innoc5tly & accord+ to ! ineluctable wi% ( nature1 c>nal imag9ations t h be5 ! boa/ ( erotic humanity4 ,fac+ ?is light f animal habits1 debau*]y loses all "* & all its tang1 because x loses all immorality4 ,man1 :o unites 9 himself ! aptitudes ( all ! animals1 all _! labori\s in/9cts1 all _! indu/ries1 c\ld n escape ! h]itage ( _! sexual me?ods2 & !re is no lewdness :i* has n its normal type 9 nature1 some:]e4 ,be=e leav+ ?is repugnant milieu1 "o may /ill consid] ! lee*4 ,h]maphrodite1 !y also practice reciprocal fecundation1 b ! position ( _! organs compels !m to assume a peculi> position3 ! prong em]ges f a pore ne> ! m\?2 ! vag9a is above ! anus4 ,! copulation ( ^! wret*$ animals =ms1 !re=e1 a head-to-tail1 ! bocal suck] co9cid+ ) ! anal suck]4 ,animals hav+ bo? sexes1 d n necess>ily %[ sexual dimorphism4 ,b nei!r ?is exact lik5ess ( individuals1 nor ! d\ble function ) :i* !y are *>g$1 contradicts ! g5]al law :i* seems to wi% t an individual %\ld be due to elem5ts com+ f two diff]5t individuals4 ,aut(ecundation is exceptional1 is v r>e4 ,:e!r or no ! individual possess ! two g5ital gl&s1 or "o ( !m only1 x ne$s a male1 or an individual act+ z male1 & a female or an individual act+ z female1 to p]petuate life4 ,alt]native h]maphrodism confirms ^! propositions1 be x t ! same gl& trans=ms itself totally1 turn by turn1 into male pr9ciple1 !n into female pr9ciple2 be x divid$ betwe5 a male half & a female half1 ^! two halves rip5 simultane\sly or successively4 ,:5 !re is total or p>tial alt]nation1 ! male pr9ciple is ready fir/1 & waits3 ?us ! aggressivity ( ! male1 & ! passivity ( ! female are visible 9 ! mo/ obscure manife/ations ( sexual life3 ! fundam5tal psy*ology ( an ascide does n diff] f t ( an insect1 or f t ( a mammal4 ,,*apt] ,,xiii ,,! ,,me*anism ,,( ,,love ,v4 ,artificial fecundation4--,disjunction ( ! secret+ app>atus f ! copulat+ app>atus4--,spid]s4--,discov]y ( _! copulative me?od4--,brutality ( ! female4--,habits ( ! epeire4--,! argyronete4--,! t>antula4--,exceptions3 ! reap]s4--,dragon-flies 7libellule74--,dragon-flies 7demoiselle7 virg9s & j\v5celle4--,picture ( _! love affairs4 ,! app>atus = secret+ sp]m & t = copulat+ are sometimes sep>at$4 ,! female has a vag9a normally situat$2 ! male has no p5is1 or else x is situat$ 9 "s "p ( ! body n 9 symmetry ) ! receiv+ app>atus4 ,x is !n necess>y ei!r = ! male to make an artificial p5is1 z "o has se5 9 ! cephalopodes1 & z 9 ! spid]1 or = him to engage 9 complicat$ manuvres to dom9ate ! female1 & to eng9e] ! conjunction ( ! two app>atus1 z does ! dragon-fly 7libellule74 ,! me?od ( mo/ ara*nids /rangely resembles ! m$ical practice call$ artificial fecundation1 al?\gh x is h>dly m s ?an normal fecundation4 ,9 bo? x is a "q ( putt+ sp]matozoides 9 ! way ( enc\nt]+ ovules3 x matt]s little :e!r phallus or syr+e be ! vehicle4 ,! spid] uses a syr+e4 ,= a long "t p ?\ght t ! :ole g5ital app>atus 0 situat$ 9 ! feel]s ( ! male1 b anatomy c\ld f9d no?+ !re to resemble x4 ,savigny ?\ght t ! introduction ( ! feel]s into ! vulva 0 m]ely an excitative manuvre1 & t ! true copulation foll[$4 ,"o _h only obs]v$ half ! act1 ! second phase4 ,! fir/ consi/s 9 ! male's ga!r+ up ! sem5ce 9 8 own belly ) ! feel]s2 he !n places x 9 ! female organ4 ,! maxill>y p]ipalpe or ant5na1 ?us trans=m$ into a p5is1 conta9s a spiral canal :i* ! male fills 9 plac+ x aga9/ ! op5+ ( 8 sp]matic canals4 ,"o sees ! jo9t ( "o ( ! knuckles op51 lett+ appe> a :ite b\rrelet 7pad ) a hole 9 ! middle71 ?is is b5t1 & plung$ into ! vulva1 x em]ges & ! insect flees4 ,sy/em m>vell\sly adapt$ to ! circum/ances1 = ! female is f]oci\s & q ready to dev\r h] suitor4 ,b is x ! f]ocity ( ! female :i* has modifi$ ! fecundat+ sy/em1 or is x ! sy/em1 s lack+ 9 t5d]ness1 :i* has l$ ! receptress to f9d only an enemy 9 ! aspirant :o advances horn to ! =e8 ,acts :i* produce con/ant & useful results always seem to u ord]$ by an admirable logic2 "o ne$ only give oneself up to a c]ta9 laz9ess ( m9d1 to be l$ q g5tly to call !m provid5tial & to fall little by little into ! innoc5t nets ( f9alism4 ,d\btless--& und5iable--!re is a g5]al f9ality1 b "o mu/ conceive x z repres5t$ entire by ! pres5t /ate ( nature4 ,?is w n be a conception ( ord]1 b a conception ( fact1 & 9 any case1 ! means us$ to atta9 ?is fact %\ld 9 no way be integrat$ 9 ! f9ality itself4 ,none ( ! proc$ures ( g5]ation1 = example1 be>s ! m>k ( necessity4 ,x is n ! f]ocity ( ! %e-spid] :i* dem&s ! sexual habit2 ! female mantis is /ill m savage1 & mantis' me?od is cavalage4 ,x does n seem z if any?+ 9 nature 7 ord]$ 9 view ( "s b5efit2 causes bl9dly eng5d] causes2 "s ma9ta9 life1 o!rs =ce x to progress1 o!rs de/roy x2 we qualify !m diff]5tly1 accord+ to ! dictates ( our s5sibility1 b !y are non-qualifiable2 !y are movem5ts1 & no?+ else4 ,! pebble rico*ets on ! wat]1 or x doesn't2 ?is has no importance 9 itself1 no?+ m w come ( x & no?+ less4 ,x is an image ( supreme f9ality3 aft] eight or t5 b\nds1 life1 l ! pebble ?r[n by a *ild1 w fall into ! abyss1 & ) x all ! good & evil1 all facts1 all ideas1 & all ?+s4 ,! idea ( f9ality leads "o back to ! idea ( fact1 "o is no long] tempt$ to attempt an explanation ( nature4 ,"o w\ld try mode/ly to recon/ruct ! *a9 ( causes &1 z a great numb] ( r+s w always be lack+1 & z ! abs5ce ( "o r+ alone w\ld suffice to unhook ! :ole reason+1 "o w d ?is 9 a piety temp]$ by scepticism4 ,! epirus1 al?\gh a spid]1 is n an ill-condition$ bea/2 %e is episcopal1 %e c>ries on h] back a pretty :ite cross upside d[n4 ,! l>ge ones are ! females2 ! v small ones1 ! males4 ,bo? hook _! webs ^u bu%es1 on %rubs1 live )\t kn[+ ea* o!r until in/9ct has spok54 ,a day comes :5 ! male is re/less2 ! gnats fail to satisfy him2 he leaves1 he ab&ons ! home he w p]haps n see aga94 ,he is n1 inde$1 )\t misgiv+s1 & fe> is m+l$ ) 8 desire1 = ! mi/ress he seeks is an ogress4 ,?us he prep>es a way ( retreat 9 case ( combat2 he /ret*es a ?read f ! female's web to a neighb\r+ bran*1 road ( entry1 gate ( exit4 ,(t51 ! in/ant he %[s himself ) 8 excit$ air1 ! female epirus leaps on him & eats him )\t =mality4 ,is x f]ocity8 ,no1 /upidity4 ,%e also is await+ ! male1 b h] att5tion is di/raught betwe5 ! com+ ( ! call] & ! com+ ( prey4 ,! web has %ak51 %e leaps1 enlaces1 dev\rs4 ,p]haps a second male if he attempt ! pass1 w be gladly receiv$1 ! fir/ sacrifice accompli%$1 p]haps ?is mi/ake1 if x is "o1 w wake all ! amor\s att5tion ( ! di/ract$ female8 ,f]ocity1 /upidity2 !re is ano!r explanation :i* ,i w give lat]1 apropos ! mantis & ! gre5 grass-hopp]3 x is v probable t ! sacrifice ( ! male1 or ( a male1 is absolutely necess>y1 & t x is a sexual rite4 ,! little male approa*es2 if he is recogniz$1 & if 8 com+ co9cides ) ! g5ital /ate ( ! female1 %e m]ely behaves l all ! re/ ( h] pe]s1 & ev5 ?\gh %e be ! l>g] & /rong]1 %e flees2 %e lets h]self1 full ( coquetry1 slide d[n a ?read2 ! male imitates ! play1 he desc5ds1 %e m\nts1 he m\nts1 ! acqua9tance is made1 !y feel ea* o!r1 !y pat ea* o!r1 ! male fills 8 pump1 ! mat+ is accompli%$4 ,%e is rapid1 ! male /ays on gu>d1 ready to flee at ! lea/ movem5t ( 8 adv]s>y2 (t5 he hasn't "t4 ,sc>cely has ! fecundation be5 f9i%$ :5 ! ogress turns1 leap+1 & dev\rs ! suitor on ! v spot ( 8 am\rs4 ,!y say t %e does n always wait = ! end ( ! op]ation1 & t pref]r+ a good meal to a c>ess1 %e int]rupts ! p]=mance ) a slap ( h] m&ibles4 ,:5 ! male has ! luck to escape he disappe>s l a fla%1 goes d[n 8 ?read l greas$ lightn+4 ,! argyronete uses manuvres analog\s1 b ev5 m curi\s4 ,x is a wat] spid]1 :i* goes "u wat] 9 an +5i\s small div+-bell1 a future ne/4 ,! female hav+ made h] div+-bell1 ! male1 n d>+ to pres5t himself ?9ks out ! :eeze ( mak+ ano!r bell j next t ( ! female4 ,!n at a propiti\s mom5t he breaks ?r\gh ! divid+ wall & pr(its by ! surprise ( 8 sudd5 entry4 ,:5 x is a matt] ( n be+ eat51 all means are ! "r ones4 ,! t>antula1 ^: habits are f> f g5tle1 is n cruel to h] suitor4 ,?is mon/] :o sp9s no web1 sp9s out a long idyllic c\rt%ip4 ,ext5d$ preludes1 pu]ile games1 delicate c>esses1 lambk9s' leap+s4 ,f9ally ! female surr5d]s fully4 ,! male places h] z he wi%es1 *ooses = h] ! pose mo/ pleas+ to him1 & lies obliquely aga9/ h]1 g5tly & repeat$ly tak+ ! sp]m f 8 abdom5 he ins9uates ea* ( 8 palpes1 "o aft] ! o!r 9 ! swoll5 vulva ( ! female4 ,! break-away is sudd51 a jump4 ,/ill m t5d] are ! c\rt%ips ( ! leap+ spid]2 !y advance by little ru%es1 /op1 wat*1 leap on _! prey1 insect or fly1 or else float at ! w9d's w on ! end ( a long hang+ web-?read4 ,:5 male & female meet1 !y approa*1 tap ea* o!r ) =efeet & t5tacles1 sep>ate1 reapproa*1 recomm5ce4 ,aft] a ?\s& salutations1 !y pose head to head1 ! male climbs onto ! female1 /ret*es out until he rea*es ! abdom54 ,!n he lifts ! extremity ( x1 applies 8 palpe to ! vulva1 & retires4 ,! same act is begun aga9 sev]al times1 ! female is all compliance & (f]s no insult to h] companion4 ,!re are c]ta9 exceptions to ! me?od ( spid]s2 ! reap]s1 little balls m\nt$ on imm5se legs1 act by cavalage4 ,! males h a retractile prong fix$ by two ligam5ts to ! abdom51 ! female an oviduct :i* op5s 9 vulva & spreads int]iorly into a va/ p\*1 ! re/+ place = ! eggs4 ,! male does n manage ?is female1 a /rong objector1 save by seiz+ h] m&ibles ) 8 p9c]s4 ,ov]come by ?is bite %e submits2 ! c\pl+ la/s sev]al seconds4 ,! dragon-fly1 gracefully call$ la demoiselle1 is "o ( ! f9e/ insects 9 ! _w & c]ta9ly ! mo/ beautiful ( ^? :i* fly 9 our climate2 no s(t butt]fly col\r is a mat* = ! mov+ %imm] ( its supple abdom51 & ! bright head-col\rs z ( /eely-blue helmet4 ,description8 ,x is difficult to f9d two alike2 "o has tawny body & dove-grey abdom51 spott$ ) yell[1 & black feet1 transp>5t w+s ) br[n bord]s or n]ve-ve9+s1 or ^! 9 black & :ite2 ano!r has a yell[ head1 br[n eyes1 br[n corselet ve9$ 9 gre51 an abdom5 t\*$ ) gre5 & yell[1 iris$ w+s2 ano!r call$ la ,vi]ge is gild$ gre51 or blue ) gre5 %imm]1 & spotless w+s2 ano!r la ,j\v5celle has w+s ?9 to invisibility1 is clo!d 9 all %ades1 metallic blue1 r$di%-br[n gre51 iris violet1 tawny *rysan!mum1 :atev] h] fundam5tal col\r %e encircles h] elegant b>rel ) r+s ( black velvet4 ,naturali/s divide ^! insects into libellules1 %nes1 agrions2 ,fabricius disputes ) ,l9nu2 peasants & *ildr5 7= gr[n-ups despise nature7 call !m demoiselles1 vi]ges & j\v5celles4#a ,"s fly v high1 9 ! trees1 o!rs along ! /reams & ov] pond edges2 o!rs ov] f]ns1 re$s1 broom4 ,i h pass$ days 9 ! sun wat*+ !m1 wait+ to see _! c\rt%ips2 ,i h se5 !m1 & "k t ,raumur has n deceiv$ u4 ,x 0 on ! surface ( a pond among ! bord] fl[]s1 a morn+ ( ,july1 a flam+ morn+4 ,! ,vi]ge1 corselet ( blue gre51 almo/ invisible w+s1 flutt]$ 9 great numb]s1 sl[ly1 z if s]i\sly2 ! h\r ( p>ade _h arriv$4 ,& ev]y:]e c\ples =m$1 r+s ( azure hung f ! grass blades1 trembl$ on leaves ( ! wat]-l5til1 ev]y:]e gre5 arr[s & blue arr[s play$ at flight1 & w+-bru%+1 at jo9+4 ,! big eyes & /rong head ( ! libellule give an air ( gravity to ! brilliancy ( ?is spectacle4 ,! ejaculatory canal op5s at ! n9? r+ ( ! abdom51 t is to say1 at ! po9t2 ! copulat+ app>atus is fix$ at ! second r+1 t is1 ne> ! neck1 & is compos$ ( a p5is1 ( hooks1 & a res]voir3 ! male b5d+ 8 long belly fir/ fills ! res]voir1 !n empties x into ! organs ( ! female4 ,= a long "t he pursues ! desir$ mi/ress1 plays ) h]1 f9ally seizes h] above ! neck ) ! t]m9al p9c]s ( 8 abdom51 !n1 turn+ l a s]p5t1 he b5ds =w>d & cont9ues to fly1 a bea/ ) f\r pairs ( w+s4 ,9 ?is attitude1 ! male1 sure ( himself1 ) ! air ( ! h\r's indiff]5t ma/]1 *ases midges1 visits fl[]s & ! axilla ( plants :]e ! midges sleep1 nabs !m ) 8 feet & puts !m into 8 m\?4 ,f9ally ! female acc$es1 b5ds d[nw>d h] flexible abdom5 & makes its orifice co9cide ) ! male's pectoral p5is3 ! two bea/lets are b "o spl5did r+ ) a d\ble cup1 a r+ trembl+ ) life & ) fire4 ,no ge/ure ( love c be conceiv$ m *>m+ ?an t ( ! female sl[ly b5d+ back h] blue body1 go+ half way t[>d h] lov]1 :o erect on 8 =efeet be>s1 ) taut muscles1 ! full weight ( ! movem5t4 ,x is s pure1 s immat]ial1 "o w\ld say t two ideas jo9$ 9 ! limpidity ( ineluctable ?\ght4 #a ,9 ,am]ica we h1 s f> z ,i "k1 only ! t]ms dragon fly & d>n+-ne$le1 & = ! l>g] ones devil's d>n+-ne$le4--,e4 ,p4 ,,*apt] ,,xiv ,,! ,,me*anism ,,( ,,love ,,vi4 ,cannibalism 9 sex4--,females :o dev\r ! male1 ^? :o dev\r ! sp]matophore4--,probable use ( ^! practices4--,fecundation by ! :ole male4--,loves ( ! :ite =ehead$ dectic4--,! gre5 gras%opp]4--,! ,alp9e analote4--,! ephippig]e4--,fur!r reflections ( ! cannibalism ( sex4--,loves ( ! pray+ mantis4 ,! spid] eats h] male2 ! mantis eats h] male2 9 locu/ians1 ! female is fecundat$ by a sp]matophore1 an enorm\s g5ital bun*-(-grapes4 ,%e gnaws ?r\gh ?is envelope ( sp]matozoides to ! la/ %r$4 ,^! two facts %\ld be br\ght toge!r4 ,:e!r ! female swall[ ! male entire1 or only ! product ( 8 g5ital gl&s1 x is probably 9 bo? cases a complem5t>y act ( fecundation4 ,!re are possibly 9 ! male1 assimilable elem5ts necess>y = ! developm5t ( ! eggs1 almo/ z ! album5 ( se$s1 little abort$ plants1 is necess>y = n\ri%+ ! vegetable embryo1 surviv+ plantlet4 ,plants1 accord+ to rec5t /udy1 are born tw9s3 9 ord] to live "o mu/ dev\r ! o!r4 ,%ift$ to animal life1 & slightly modifi$1 ?is me*anism expla9s :at "o t]ms1 f s5tim5talism1 ! sexual f]ocity ( ! %e-mantis & ! %e-spid]4 ,life is made out ( life4 ,no?+ lives save at ! exp5se ( life4 ,! male insect ne>ly always dies imm$iately aft] ! mat+2 9 locu/ians he is lit]ally empti$ by ! g5ital ef=t3 :e!r ! female respect1 or dev\r him1 8 life w\ld h>dly be long]1 or %ort] !reby4 ,he is sacrific$2 :y1 if ?is is = ! good ( ! species %\ld he n be eat58 ,anyh[1 he is eat54 ,x is 8 de/9y1 & he feels x com+1 at lea/ ! male spid] does1 & ! male mantis all[s himself to be gnaw$ ) a p]fect /oicism4 ,! spid] jibs1 ! o!r submits4 ,x is really a matt] ( ritual1 n ( accid5t or ( crime4 ,"o might try exp]im5ts4 ,"o might prev5t ! female dectic f peck+ ! mi/letoe b]ry :i* ! male has dis*>g$ on h]2 "o might wat* ! c\pl+ ( mantes & isolate !m imm$iately3 & !n foll[ all ! phases f lay+ to hat*+4 ,if ! sp]matophagy ( ! dectic is useless1 if ! murd] ( ! male mantis is useless1 x w annul ! =ego+ reflections1 & o!rs w rise4 ,! :ite-front$ dectic is1 l all ! locu/ians 7grass-hopp]s71 a v anci5t insect2 x exi/$ 9 ! coal era1 & x is p]haps ?is antiquity :i* expla9s its peculi> fecundative me?od4 ,z ! cephalopodes1 8 contempor>ies1 he has rec\rse to ! sp]matophore2 yet !re is mat+1 !re is embrac+2 !re are ev5 play & c>esses4 ,"h are ! c\ple face to face1 !y c>ess ea* o!r ) long ant5n f9e z hair1 z ,fabre says2 aft] a mom5t !y sep>ate4 ,! next day1 new enc\nt]1 new bl&i%m5ts4 ,ano!r day1 & ,fabre f9ds ! male knock$ d[n by ! female1 :o ov]:elms him ) h] embrace2 he gnaws h] belly4 ,! male dis5tangles himself & escapes1 b a new assault ma/]s him1 he lies flat on 8 back4 ,?is "t ! female1 lift$ on h] high legs1 holds him belly to belly2 %e b5ds back ! extremity ( h] abdom52 ! victim does likewise2 !re is junction1 & soon "o sees some?+ enorm\s issue f ! convulsive flanks ( ! male1 z if ! animal 7 pu%+ out its entrails4 ,x is1 cont9ues ! be/ obs]v] 7,fabre1 ,s\v5irs ,,vi71 an opal9e lea!r bottle ab\t ! size & col\r ( a mi/letoe b]ry1 a bottle ) f\r pockets at lea/1 held toge!r by feeble sutures4 ,! female receives ?is lea!r bottle1 or sp]matophore1 & c>ries x (f glu$ to h] belly4 ,hav+ got ov] ! ?und]-clap1 ! male gets up1 makes 8 toilet2 ! female br[ses z %e walks4 ,f "t to "t %e rises on h] /ilts1 b5ds into a r+1 seizes h] opal9e bundle 9 h] m&ibles1 & *ews x g5tly4 ,%e breaks (f little pieces1 *ews !m c>efully1 & swall[s !m4 ,?us :ile ! fecundative p>ticles are extravasat$ t[>d ! eggs :i* !y are to animate1 ! female dev\rs ! sp]matic p\*4 ,aft] hav+ ta/$ x piece by piece %e sudd5ly pulls x (f1 kneads x1 swall[s x :ole4 ,n a scrap is lo/2 ! place is cle>1 & ! oviscapte is clean$1 wa%$1 poli%$4 ,! male has begun to s+ aga91 dur+ ?is meal1 b x is n a love-song1 he is ab\t to die2 he dies3 pass+ ne> him at ?is mom5t1 ! female looks at him1 smells him1 takes a bite ( 8 ?igh4 ,fabre 0 unable to see ! mat+ ( ! gre5 grass-hopp]1 :i* takes place at night1 b he obs]v$ ! long preludes2 he has se5 ! sl[ play ( s(t ant5n4 ,! result ( ! c\pl+ is ! same z ) all locu/ians2 ! female *ews & swall[s ! g5ital ampulla4 ,%e is a t]rible bea/ ( prey :o eats alive a huge cicada1 :o fe>lessly sucks ! entrails ( a wriggl+ cock*af]4 ,"o c't say :e!r %e eats h] male1 dead or alive2 x is v probable = he is q timid4 ,ano!r dectic1 ! ,alp9e analote1 has giv5 ,fabre ! al>m+ spectacle3 a male on 8 back1 a female on 8 belly1 ! g5ital organs jo9+ end to end 9 ?is s+le contact1 & :ile %e 0 receiv+ ! fecundative c>ess1 ! enigmatic female1 ) ! =e "p ( h] body rais$1 0 gnaw+ ) little m\?fuls1 ano!r male held 9 h] claws1 impassive1 8 belly *ew$ op54 ,! male analote is mu* small] & weak] ?an ! female2 l 8 confrre ! spid]1 he flees ) greate/ possible spe$ aft] ! end ( coition2 he is v (t5 nipp$4 ,9 ! case obs]v$ by ,fabre1 ! meal 0 d\btless ! end ( a prec$+ am\r3 ^! locu/ians h ! habit1 r>e among insects1 ( receiv+ sev]al suitors4 ,truly ?is cannibal ,m>gu]ite de ,b\rgogne is a f9e type ( bea/1 & gives a f9e spectacle1 n ( immorality1 an empty t]m1 b ( ! s]5ity ( nature1 :i* p]mits all ?+s1 wills all ?+s1 & = :om !re are nei!r vices nor virtues1 b only movem5ts & *emic reactions4 ,! sp]matophore ( ! ephippig] is enorm\s1 ne>ly half ! size ( ! animal4 ,! nuptial fea/ is f9i%$ accord+ to ! same rite1 & ! female1 hav+ f9i%$ ! lea!r-bottle sp]matophore1 adds !reto ! poor empti$ male4 ,%e does n ev5 wait until he is dead2 %e *ops him up1 z he is dy+1 limb by limb3 hav+ fecundat$ h] ) all 8 blood1 he mu/ fe$ h] ) all 8 fle%4 ,?is male fle% is d\btless p[]ful com=t+ to ! "m to be4 ,female mammif]s1 aft] deliv]y1 dev\r ! plac5ta4 ,"o has giv5 diff]5t int]pretations to ?is habitual act4 ,"s see a precaution aga9/ enemies3 x is necess>y to oblit]ate traces ( a condition :i* cle>ly %[s t "o is feeble1 def5celess1 surr\nd$ by "y1 a ta/y prey at ! m]cy ( any too?2 o!rs say x is a recup]ation ( en]gy4 ,?is latt] op9ion seems m likely1 especially if "o consid] ! habits ( locu/ians4 ,! sp]matophore is inde$ ! prec$+ analogy to ! plac5ta4 ,on ! o!r h&1 fecundation1 be=e be+ a specific act1 belongs to ! g5]al ph5om5a ( nutrition3 x is ! integration ( "o =ce 9 ano!r =ce1 & no?+ m4 ,! dev\r+ ( ! male1 p>tial or complete1 repres5ts1 !n1 only ! mo/ primitive =m ( ! union ( cellules1 ?is junction ( two unities 9 "o1 :i* prec$es ! segm5tation1 fe$s x1 makes x possible dur+ a limit$ "t1 aft] :i* a new conjunction is necess>y4 ,if ! actual acts are only a survival1 if !y h la/$ aft] _! utility has disappe>$1 x is ano!r "q1 & "o :i* ,i leave aga9 to exp]im5t]s4 ,x w be en\gh = me if ,i h ga9$ acceptance ( ! g5]al pr9ciple t animals' acts1 :atev] !y may be1 c n be und]/ood unless "o /rip !m ( ! s5tim5tal qualifications b5ea? :i* ignorant humanity has cov]$ !m1 corrupt+ !m ) provid5tial f9alism4 ,:ile fully recogniz+ ! imm5se social value ( prejudices1 analysis %\ld be p]mitt$ to excoriate !m & to gr9d !m4 ,no?+ appe>s m de> ?an mat]nal love1 & no?+ is m widespread ?r\gh\t all nature3 yet no?+ gives a fals] int]pretation ( ! acts :i* ^! two words pret5d to expla94 ,"o makes a virtue ( x1 t is to say1 9 ! ,*ri/ian s5se1 a volunt>y act2 "o seems to ?9k t x dep5ds on ! "m to love or n to love h] *ildr51 & "o consid]s culpable ^? :o relax or =get _! mo!rly c>es4 ,l g5]ation1 mo!rly love is a comm&m5t2 x is ! second condition ( ! p]petuity ( life4 ,mo!rs sometimes are )\t x2 "s mo!rs also are /]ile3 ! w int]v5es nei!r 9 "o case nor 9 ! o!r4 ,z ! re/ ( nature1 z ourselves1 animals live submitt$ to necessity1 !y d :at !y ought to d1 s f> z _! organs p]mit !m4 ,! mantis :o eats h] husb& is an excell5t egg-lay] :o prep>es1 passionately1 ! future ( h] prog5y4 ,aft] ,fabre's obs]vations ( c\ples ( ^! insects cag$1 ! female mu* /rong] ?an ! male mantes1 are ! pr$atory ones1 :o d combat = love4 ,! combats are deadly1 ! vanqui%$ female is eat5 at once4 ,! male is ba%ful4 ,at ! mom5t ( desire he limits himself to pos+1 to mak+ %eep's eyes1 :i* ! female seems to consid] ) indiff]5ce or disda94 ,tir$ ( p>ade1 he f9ally decides1 & ) spread w+s1 leaps trembl+ ^u ! back ( ! ogress4 ,! mat+ la/s five or six h\rs2 :5 ! knot is loos$1 ! suitor is1 regul>ly1 eat54 ,! t]rible female is poly&r\s4 ,o!r insects refuse ! male :5 _! ov>ies h be5 fecundat$1 ! mantis accepts two1 ?ree1 f\r1 up to sev52 & ,bluebe>d1 eats !m regul>ly aft] ! act is accompli%$4 ,fabre has se5 bett]4 ,! mantis is almo/ ! only insect ) a neck2 ! head does n jo9 ! ?orax imm$iately1 ! neck is long & flexible1 b5d+ 9 all directions4 ,?us1 :ile ! male is enlac+ & fecundat+ h]1 ! female w turn h] head back & calmly eat h] companion 9 pleasure4 ,"h is "o headless1 ano!r is gone up to ! corsage1 & 8 rema9s /ill clut* ! female :o is ?us dev\r+ him at bo? ends1 gett+ f h] sp\se simultane\sly ! pleasures ac m5sa ac ?oro1 bo? b$ & bo>d f h] husb&4 ,! d\ble pleasure only ends :5 ! cannibal rea*es ! belly3 ! male !n falls 9 %r$s & ! female f9i%es him on ! gr\nd4 ,poiret has witness$ a sc5e p]haps ev5 m extraord9>y4 ,a male leaps on a female & is go+ to c\ple4 ,! female turns h] head1 />es at ! intrud]1 & decapitates him ) a bl[ ( h] jaw-foot1 a m>vell\s too!d-scy!4 ,)\t disconc]tion ! male1 w$ges up1 spreads himself1 makes love z if no?+ abnormal _h happ5$4 ,! mat+ took place1 & ! female _h ! pati5ce to wait = ! end ( ! op]ation be=e f9i%+ h] w$d+ breakfa/4 ,! headless nuptials are expla9$ by ! fact t ! insects' bra9 does n seem to h unique control ( its movem5ts2 ^! animals c live )\t ! c]vical ganglion4 ,a headless gras%opp] w /ill lift 8 bruis$ foot to 8 m\?1 aft] ?ree h\rs1 ) ! movem5t famili> to him 9 8 complete condition4 ,! small mantis1 or col\rless mantis1 is almo/ z fi]ce z h] great si/]1 ! religi\s mantis2 b ! empuse1 a k9dr$ specie1 seems peaceful4 ,,*apt] ,,xv ,,! ,,sexual ,,p>ade ,univ]sality ( ! c>ess1 ( amor\s preludes4--,_! rle 9 fecundation4--,sexual games ( birds4--,h[ can?>ides c>ess4--,males' combats4--,pret5d$ combats ( birds4--,dance ( ! tetras4--,g>d5] bird4--,8 c\ntry h\se4--,8 ta/e = fl[]s4--,reflections on ! orig9 ( 8 art4--,combats ( crickets4--,p>ade ( butt]flies4--,sexual s5se ( ori5tation4--,! great-peacock mo?4--,animals' submission to ord]s ( ,nature4--,transmutation ( physical values4--,rutt+ cal5d>4 ,"o has conv9c$ oneself 9 ! prec$+ *apt]s t ! games ( love1 preludes1 c>esses1 combats are 9 no way peculi> to ! human race4 ,on ne>ly all rungs ( ! animal ladd]1 or r on all ! bran*es ( ! animal fan1 ! male is ! same1 ! female is ! same4 ,x is always ! equation giv5 9 ! intimate me*anism ( union ( animalcule & ovule3 a =tress t[>d :i* amans volat currit ac ltatur4 ,! :ole passage ( ! ,imitatio 7,l4 ,,iii1 *ap4 iv1 #d7 is a m>vell\s psy*ological pres5tation ( love 9 nature1 ( sexual attraction z x is felt ?r\gh\t ! :ole s]ies ( creatures4 ,! besieg] mu/ ent] ! =tress2 he uses viol5ce1 sometimes g5tle viol5ce2 m (t5 trick]y1 ! c>ess4 ,c>ess1 *>m+ movem5ts1 grace1 t5d]ness1 we d all ^! ?+s ( necessity1 n because we are m51 b because we are animals4 ,_! aim is to liv5 ! s5sibilities1 to dispose ! organism to accompli% ) joy its supreme function4 ,!y are1 v probably1 agreeable to ! individual & !y are p]ceiv$ z pleasure only because !y are useful to ! species4 ,?is "* ( necessity is naturally m app>5t 9 animals ?an 9 man4 ,9 animals ! c>ess has fix$ =ms1 ( :i* ! kiss1 h[ev]1 gives a good example2 ! c>ess is an integral "p ( ! cavalage4 ,a prelude1 b a prelude :i* c n be omitt$ )\t compromis+ ! ess5tial "p ( ! drama4 ,x happ5s1 h[ev]1 t man1 able to ov]excite himself c]ebrally1 may abridge1 or ev5 neglect ! prologue to coition3 ?is is also not$ 9 c]ta9 dome/ic mammif]s1 ! bull & /allion4 ,! m]e sight or smell ( ! o!r sex is d\btless en\gh to produce a /ate p]mitt+ imm$iate union4 ,?is is n ! case ) dogs1 :o are /ill m dome/ic1 ! two sexes give !mselves up to play1 to explorations1 !y dem& ea* o!r's cons5t1 c\rt%ip cont9ues1 sometimes ! male1 despite 8 condition1 retreats2 m (t5 ! female l[]s ! draw-bridge ( h] tail1 & closes ! =tress4 ,"o kn[s ! provocations ( birds4 ,m4 ,mantegazza has agreeably rec\nt$ ! sexual play ( two vultures1 ! female %ut 9 ! c>cass ( an almo/ dev\r$ horse1 int]rupt$ h] peck+ ( c>rion1 to groan deeply1 turn+ h] head to look up into ! air4 ,a male vulture so>$ above ! l>d]1 reply+ to ! groans ( ! female4 ,h[ev]1 :5 ! ov]excit$ male desc5d$ t[>d ! suppos$ly will+ vulturess1 %e retreat$ into ! c>cass1 & aft] a %ort dispute %e made him und]/& t ! "t 0 n yet ripe1 & s5t him (f4 ,aft] :i* ! groans recomm5c$2 ! female seem$ annoy$2 %e m\nt$ ! cage ( bone1 swell+ h] w+s1 lift+ h] tail1 coo+4 ,! union f9ally took place 9 a great commotion ( ruffl$ fea!rs & %ak5 bones4 ,! same au?or has precisely not$ ! complicat$ preludes indulg$ 9 by two sp>r[s4 ,i give ! rsum1 graphically3 ,a troop ( sp>r[s on ! ro( 9 ! morn+2 calm1 !y make _! toilet4 ,arrives a l>ge male :o emits a viol5t cry2 "o ( ! females replies at once1 n by a cry b by an act3 %e leaves ! gr\p4 ,! male jo9s h]1 %e flies to a neighb\r+ ro(2 !re foll[s a long *att] beak to beak4 ,new flight2 ! male re/s 9 ! sun1 !n rejo9s ! m9x4 ,! assaults beg91 ! male is repuls$4 ,! female moves (f1 9 little hops4 ,! edge ( ! ro( /ops ! flight1 %e pr(its by ?is excuse & surr5d]s4 ,b x is ! prodigi\s insect :om "o mu/ int]rogate4 ,"o kn[s ! can?>ides1 ^! beautiful coleopt]a on :om ph>macy has inflict$ s wick$ a reputation4 ,! female gnaws h] oak leaf1 ! male arrives1 m\nts h] back1 enlaces h] ) 8 h9d feet4 ,!n ) 8 /ret*$ abdom5 he flagellates ! female alt]nately to "r & left ) frantic spe$4 ,at ! same "t he massages h]1 la%es h] neck furi\sly ) 8 front feet1 all 8 body %akes & vibrates4 ,! female rema9s passive1 await+ ! calm4 ,x comes4 ,)\t lett+ g ! male /ret*es out 8 =elegs 9 a cross1 unb5ds a little1 wagg+ f head & corselet4 ,! female />ts eat+ aga94 ,! calm is %ort2 ! male's follies recomm5ce4 ,!n !re is ano!r manuvre1 ) ! fold ( 8 legs & t>ses1 he seizes ! female's ant5n1 =ces h] to lift h] head1 at ! same "t r$\bl+ ! la%+ ( h] flanks4 ,new pose2 new />t ( ! flagellation3 f9ally ! female op5s4 ,! c\pl+ la/s a day & a night1 aft] :i* ! male falls1 b rema9s knott$ to ! female :o drags him f leaf to leaf1 ! p5is atta*$ to h] organs4 ,sometimes he also takes a m\?ful "h & !re2 :5 he drops (f x is to die4 ,! female lays ! eggs & dies 9 h] turn4 ,! c]ocome1 an insect k9 to ! can?>ide1 has analog\s habits1 b ! female is ev5 cold]1 & ! male is oblig$ to tap m ?an "o be=e gett+ an answ]4 ,9 va9 he beats ! sides ( 8 *os5 companion ) 8 paws1 %e rema9s ins5sible1 in]t4 ,?is action1 moreov]1 has ! full appe>ance ( hav+ pass$ to a /ate ( mania 9 ! male muscles1 s mu* s t1 9 default ( females1 males m\nt & pummel ea* o!r4 ,z soon z a male is *>g$ by ano!r male he takes ! female attitude & rema9s quiet2 "o sees pyramids ( ?ree or f\r males2 9 :i* case ! top "o is ! only "o wildly wav+ 8 feet2 ! o!rs rema9 immobile1 z if _! position ( m\nts trans=m$ !m into passive animals3 probably because _! muscles are p9n$ d[n4 7,= ^! two obs]vations see ,fabre1 ,s\v5irs1 vol4 ,,ii4 ,crocomes1 mylabres et zonitis47 ,x is r>e = a female to assi/ ! male 9 8 "w1 b !re rema9s ! ob/acle ( ! o!r males4 ,contr>y to :at "o might ?9k1 !re is no relation betwe5 ! male's social "* & 8 amor\s "*4 ,f]oci\s animals %[ !mselves at ! mom5t ( love-mak+ mu* m placid ?an g5tle or ev5 timid animals4 ,! sc>y rabbit is an impetu\s1 tyrann\s & jeal\s lov]4 ,if ! female does n acc$e to 8 fir/ desire1 he rages4 ,%e is1 moreov]1 v lascivi\s & ge/ation 9 no way int]rupts h] am\rs4 ,! h>e1 :o does n pass = audaci\s1 is an ard5t & heady lov]2 he fights furi\sly ) 8 pe]s = ! possession ( a female4 ,!y are animals v well equipp$ = love1 ! p5is greatly develop$1 clitoris almo/ z l>ge4 ,! males make real voyages1 run = entire nights 9 se>* ( ! doe-h>e :o is s$5t>y3 l ! doe-rabbit1 %e nev] refuses1 ev5 :5 pregnant4 ,m>t9s1 polecats1 sables1 rats fight viol5tly dur+ ! rutt+ season4 ,rats accompany _! fights ) %>p cries4 ,/ags & wildbo>s1 & a great numb] ( o!r species fight to ! dea? = ! possession ( females2 a practice n unkn[n to humanity4 ,ev5 heavy tortoises feel exasp]ation f love2 ! defeat$ male is tilt$ onto 8 back4 ,f9]1 de/9$ p]haps = a sup]ior & *>m+ civilization1 ! birds l combat2 sometimes ! duel is s]i\s1 z 9 gall9ace1 cock-fights1 (t5 x is a c\rtesy1 a mimicry4 ,! female ( ! rock-cock ( ,brazil is tawny & )\t beauty1 ! male is yell[-orange1 ) cre/ bord]$ 9 deep r$1 ! long w+ fea!rs & tail fea!rs are r$-br[n4 ,"o sees ! females rang$ 9 a circle z a cr[d ab\t juggl]s1 ! males are /rutt+1 cutt+ cap]s1 mov+ _! col\r-%ot fea!rs1 gett+ !mselves admir$ & desir$4 ,f "t to "t a female admits t %e is mov$1 a c\ple is =m$4 ,b ! tetras1 hea!r-cocks ( ,nor? ,am]ica1 h /ill m curi\s cu/oms4 ,_! fights h become exactly :at !y h ) u1 t is1 dances4 ,x is no long] ! t\rney1 x is ! t\r-de-valse4 ,:at completes ! pro( t ^! p>ades are a survival1 a trans=mation1 is t ! males1 be+ amus$ by !m1 p]=m !m n only be=e b aft] c\pl+4 ,!y ev5 practice !m = div]sion :ile ! females are sitt+ on ! eggs1 absorb$ 9 mat]nal duty4 ,travell]s ?us describe ! tetras' dance 7,milton & ,*eaddle1 ,atlantic to ,pacific1 p4 #aga ( ! ,fr5* translation73 ,!y ga!r1 tw5ty or ?irty 9 a *os5 place1 & beg9 to dance l mad4 ,op5+ _! w+s1 !y draw toge!r _! feet1 l m5 do+ ! danse du sac4 ,!n !y advance t[>d ea* o!r1 d a waltz turn1 pass to a second p>tn]1 & s on4 ,?is contre-danse ( prairie *ick5s is v amus+4 ,!y become s absorb$ 9 x t "o c approa* q ne>4 ,birds ( ,au/ralia & ,new ,gu9ea#a make love ) a *>m+ c]emony4 ,to attract 8 mi/ress ! male makes a v]itable c\ntry-h\se1 or1 if he is less skilful1 a ru/ic b[] ( gre5]y4 ,he plants ru%es1 gre5 sprigs1 = he is small1 ab\t ! size ( a blackbird2 he b5ds !m into a vault1 (t5 a metre long4 ,he /rews ! floor ) leaves1 fl[]s1 r$ fruits1 :ite bits ( bone1 bright pebbles1 bits ( metal1 jewels /ol5 9 ! neighb\rhood4 ,!y say t :5 ,au/ralians miss a r+ or a pair ( scissors1 !y se>* ^! gre5 t5ts4 ,our magpie %[s a c]ta9 ta/e = bright objects3 p tell tales ab\t him4 ,! g>d5]-bird ( ,new ,gu9ea is /ill m +5i\s1 to su* a degree t 8 "w is mi/ak5 = human "w & p are deceiv$ !reby4 ,) 8 beak & claws he manages z well & bett] ?an peasants1 (t5 %[+ a decorative ta/e :i* !y lack4 ,p se>* = ! orig9 ( art3 !re y h x1 9 ! sexual game ( a bird4 ,our /hetic manife/ations are b a developm5t ( ?is same in/9ct to please :i*1 9 "o specie ov]-excites ! male1 9 ano!r moves ! female4 ,if !re is a surplus x w be sp5t aimlessly1 = pure pleasure3 t is human art2 its orig9 is t ( ! art ( birds & insects4 ,! ,gr&e ,encyclopdie has giv5 a picture ( ! g>d5]-bird's pleasure h\se4 ,he is call$ 9 mo/ s*ol>ly p>lance ! ,amblyornis inornata1 because he is lack+ 9 p]sonal beauty4 ,"o w\ld take 8 h\se = ! "w ( "s intellig5t delicate pygmy4 ,we f9d ! description ( x1 aft] ! ,italian travell] ,m4 ,o4 ,becc>i#b ,9 cross+ a magnific5t =e/ ,m4 ,becc>i f\nd himself sudd5ly 9 ! pres5ce ( a little conical cab91 9 front ( :i* 0 a lawn /rewn ) fl[]s2 he at once recogniz$ ! sort ( hut :i* ,m4 ,bruijn's huntsm5 _h describ$ to him z ! "w ( a d>k bird some:at l>g] ?an a blackbird4 ,he made a v exact sket* ( x1 & v]ify+ ! native's tales by 8 own obs]vation1 he f\nd out h[ ! bird makes ?is build+ :i* is n s mu* a ne/ z a pleasure h\se4 ,! amblyornis *ooses a little cle>+ ) unbrok5 lawn & a small tree 9 ! middle4 ,ar\nd ?is tree or bu% :i* s]ves z axis1 ! bird places a little moss1 !n he plants slantwise ! bran*es ( a plant :i* w cont9ue to gr[ = "s "t2 juxtaposition ( bran*es =m ! incl9$ walls ( ! hut4 ,on "o side !y are left op5 to make a doorway1 be=e :i* is ! g>d5 ^: elem5ts are ga!r$ ) difficulty1 tuft by tuft1 at "s di/ance4 ,aft] hav+ c>efully clean$ ! lawn1 ! amblyornis s[s x ) fl[]s & fruits :i* he collects 9 ! neighb\rhood1 & :i* he r5ews f "t to "t4 ,?is primitive g>d5] belongs to ! bird ( p>adise family1 rem>kable = ! beauty ( _! plumage4 ,x seems t n be+ able to dress himself1 he has ext]ioriz$ 8 in/9ct4 ,accord+ to travell]s1 ^! cab9s are true h\ses ( r5dezv\s1 ! c\ntry-boxes ( ! sev5te5? c5tury1 ! follies ( ! ,x,v,i,i,ith4 ,! gallant bird ornam5ts x ) ev]y?+ t might please ! invit$ female2 if %e is satisfi$1 x is ! abode ( love1 aft] hav+ be5 t ( decl>ations4 ,i d n "k :e!r ^! oddities h be5 giv5 ! importance :i* !y %\ld h be51 9 ! hi/ory ( birds & ( humanity4 ,! s*ol>1 ! only p]son kn[+ su* details1 usually fails utt]ly to und]/& !m4 ,"o savant :om ,i read1 ?9ks ( ! ?iev+ magpie1 & adds1 ^! traits :i* are common to !m ally !m closely to birds ( p>adise & corvida4 ,d\btless1 b t is n v important4 ,! grave fact is ! ga!r+ ( ! fir/ fl[]4 ,! useful fact expla9s animality2 ! useless fact expla9s man4 ,n[1 x is ( capital importance to %[ t ! useless fact is n peculi> to man alone4 ,crickets also h c\rt+ fights1 b p]haps = a diff]5t reason3 ! feebl5ess ( _! (f5sive weapons1 & ! solidity ( _! arm\r4 ,!re is1 h[ev]1 a w9n] & los]4 ,! los] decamps1 ! conqu]or s+s4 ,!n he %9es himself1 /amps1 seems n]v\s4 ,fabre says t emotion (t5 r5d]s him mute2 8 elytra 7w+-%ells7 %ake )\t giv+ a s\nd4 ,! female cricket1 witness ( ! duel1 runs to hide "u a leaf z soon z x is ov]4 ,%e draws back ! curta9 a little1 & looks out1 & wants to be se54 ,aft] ?is play1 %e %[s h]self completely1 ! cricket ru%es =w>d1 makes a half-turn1 re>s up & slides "u h] belly4 ,! "w f9i%$1 he gets away z fa/ z possible1 = we are be=e an enigmatic or?opt]1 ! female is q ready to eat him4 ,x is ! male's song :i* attracts ! female cricket4 ,:5 %e he>s x1 %e li/5s1 takes h] be>+s1 obeys ! call4 ,x is ! same ) cicadas1 ev5 ?\gh ! two sexes usually live side by side4 ,by imitat+ ! s\nd ( ! male1 "o c deceive ! females & make !m come to "o4 ,sometimes sight1 sometimes smell guides ! male4 ,_m hym5opt]a1 furni%$ ) a p[]ful visual organ keep wat* = ! females1 spy+ ! vic9ity4 ,?us also _m day butt]flies4 ,:5 ! male notices a female1 he pursues1 b 9 ord] to get 9 front ( h]1 to be se51 & he seems to tempt h] ) sl[ wav+ ( 8 w+s4 ,?is display la/s (t5 q a long "t4 ,f9ally _! ant5n t\*1 _! w+s /roke ea* o!r1 & !y fly (f 9 company4 ,! c\pl+ (t5 takes place 9 ! air2 ?us among pi]ides4 ,9 c]ta9 species1 bombyx = example1 ! females are heavy & ev5 apt]a1 ! male :o is 9 contra/ lively1 fecundates sev]al1 go+ f "o to ! o!r1 :i* is d\btless :at gives butt]flies _! reputation = incon/ancy4 ,!y live too %ort a "t to des]ve x3 _m born 9 ! morn+ d n see ! next day's sun4 ,"o might r make !m a symbol = pure ?\ght4 ,!re are "s :o d n eat1 & among ^? :o d n eat !re are "s :om nature has v[$ to virg9ity4 ,h]maphrodites ( a s+ul> sort1 male on ! "r side1 female on ! left1 !y seem to be two sexual halves weld$ toge!r along ! m$ial l9e4 ,! organs ^: c5tre is cut by ?is l9e are b demi-organs good = no?+ save ! ent]ta9m5t ( obs]v]s4 ,hybrid butt]flies1 produc$ by cross+ ( two species1 are n v r>e2 !y also are incapable ( reproduction4 ,! c\pl+ ( day butt]flies la/s only a few m9utes1 among night butt]flies x is (t5 prolong$ = a day & a night1 z 9 sph9x1 phal5es1 noctuelles4 ,if x is a rew>d1 x is due to _! long c\rage\s voyages 9 que/ ( ! female :om !y h div9$4 ,! great-peacock mo? cov]s sev]al leagues ( c\ntry 9 ! attempt to satisfy 8 desire4 ,blan*>d tells ( a naturali/ :o hav+ caught a female bombyx & put h] 9 8 pocket1 return$ home escort$ by a cl\d ( ov] two hundr$ males4 ,9 spr+1 9 a place :]e ! great-peacock is s r>e t "o ) difficulty f9ds "o or two p] ye>1 ! pres5ce ( a cag$ female w draw a hundr$ males1 z ,fabre has %[n by exp]im5t4 ,^! fev]i% males are end[$ ) v brief ard\r4 ,:e!r or no !y h t\*$ a female1 !y live b two or ?ree days4 ,enorm\s insects1 l>g] ?an a humm+-bird1 !y d n eat2 _! bocal pieces are m]ely an ornam5t1 a decor3 !y are bora to reproduce & to die4 ,! males seem inf9itely m num]\s ?an ! females1 & x is probable t n m ?an "o 9 an hundr$ c accompli% 8 de/9y4 ,he :o misses ! pursu$ female1 :o arrives too late1 is lo/3 8 life is s %ort t x w\ld be v difficult = him to discov] a second4 ,x is true t 9 normal circum/ances ! female %\ld /op emitt+ h] sexual od\r z soon z %e has be5 ridd52 ! males are ?us attract$ by ! same female ?r\gh a proportionately %ort] "t & !re is ?is mu* less *ance ( _! se>*es be+ unfruitful4 ,is x _! s5se ( smell alone t guides !m8 ,at #h a4 m4 at ,fabre's place 9 ,s]ignan1 "o saw ! cocoon ( a less]-peacock mo? op52 a female em]g$ & 0 imm$iately imprison$ 9 a wire cage4 ,at noon a male arriv$1 ! fir/ t ,fabre1 :o _h liv$ !re all 8 life1 _h ev] se54 ,! w9d 0 bl[+ f ! nor?4 ,! male came f ! nor?1 t is to say1 aga9/ ! sc5t4 ,at two o'clock t5 _h arriv$4 ,hav+ come z f> z ! h\se )\t hesitation1 !y 7 tr\bl$1 got ! wrong w9d[1 w&]$ f room to room1 nev] w5t directly t[>d ! female4 ,"o w\ld say t at ?is po9t !y %\ld h us$ ano!r s5se1 p]haps sight1 despite _! be+ crepuscul> creatures1 or t ! cage bo!r$ !m4 ,p]haps also x is ! cu/om = ! female to come & play be=e !m8 ,x is1 9 any case1 evid5t t s5se ( smell plays an important rle2 ! my/]y w\ld n be less great if "o suppos$ ! br++ into play ( a special s5se1 t ( sexual ori5tation4 ,fabre has obta9$ equal success ) ! female ( a v r>e butt]fly1 ! oak bombyx1 or b&$ m9ime3 9 "o morn+ sixty males arriv$1 turn+ ab\t ! prison]4 ,"o has obs]v$ analog\s if n id5tical ?+s 9 c]ta9 s]p5ts1 9 mammif]a3 ev]yone has se5 dogs 9 ! c\ntry1 drawn by a female 9 heat1 com+ f a consid]able di/ance1 ne>ly a league1 )\t "o's be+ able to say h[ _! organism _h got ! news4 ,explanations are va9 9 ^! matt]s4 ,!y div]t ! curiosity )\t satisfy+ ! reason4 ,:at "o sees cle>ly is a necessity3 ! act mu/ be accompli%$1 to ?is end1 all ob/acles1 :atev] !y are1 w be ov]come4 ,nei!r di/ance1 nor ! difficulty ( ! voyage1 nor ! dang] ( ! approa* c drive back ! in/9ct4 ,9 man1 :o has sometimes ! p[] to escape ! sexual comm&m5ts1 disob$i5ce may h happy results4 ,*a/ity1 z a transmut]1 may *ange unus$ sexual en]gy into intellectual or social en]gy2 9 animals ?is transmutation ( physical values is impossible4 ,! compass ne$le rema9s 9 "o immutable position1 ob$i5ce is unescapable4 ,t is :y !re is s deep a rumble 9 nature :5 ! spr+ ord]s are po/$4 ,vegetable fl[]s are n ! only ones to op53 sexes ( fle% also fl[]4 ,birds1 fi% take on new & m vivid col\rs4 ,!re are songs1 plays1 pilgrimages4 ,salmon :o live quietly at ! riv]-m\?s1 mu/ ga!r1 dep>t1 climb ! /reams1 pass weirs1 scrabble aga9/ rocks :i* =m ! dams & cat>acts1 we> !mselves out leap+ z arr[s aga9/ all human & natural ob/acles4 ,males & females arrive worn out at ! end ( _! j\rney1 ! frayre ( f9e s& :]e !y are to lay _! eggs1 & ! males h]oically to sp5d ! milt di/ill$ f _! blood4 ,spr+ is n ! only rutt+ season4 ,love's cal5d> cov]s ! ye>4 ,9 w9t]1 wolves & foxes2 9 spr+1 ! birds & fi%2 9 summ]1 insects & _m mammals2 9 autumn ! de]4 ,w9t] is (t5 ! season *os5 by pol> animals2 ! sable c\ples 9 ,janu>y2 ! erm9e 9 ,m>*2 ! glutton1 at ! beg9n+ & end ( w9t]4 ,dome/ic animals h (t5 sev]al seasons2 = ! dog1 cat & h\se-birds1 spr+ & autumn4 ,"o f9ds "y ott]s at any "t4 ,mo/ insects die aft] mat+2 b n all hemipt]a1 nor ! que5 bee1 nor c]ta9 coleopt]a1 nor c]ta9 flies4 ,! /ag & ! /allion empty !mselves1 b n ! ram1 nor ! bull nor ! he-goat4 ,! duration ( pregnancy 9 plac5taires seems to h "s relation to ! size ( ! animal2 m>e1 elev5 to twelve mon?s2 ass1 twelve mon?s & a half2 c[1 doe1 n9e mon?s2 %eep1 goat1 wolf1 vix51 five mon?s2 s[1 f\r mon?s2 bit*1 two mon?s2 cat1 six weeks2 rabbit1 "o mon?4 ,!re are oddities3 fecundat$ 9 ,augu/1 ! roe is n deliv]$ until sev5 & a half mon?s lat]1 ! embryo rema9+ a long "t /ation>y1 & wait+ = ! spr+ to />t aga94 ,9 a %e-bat ovulation does n take place until ! end ( w9t]1 al?\gh %e has receiv$ ! male 9 ! autumn3 females caught dur+ hib]nation h ! vag9a swoll5 ) in]t sp]m :i* does n act until ! spr+ wak+4 #a ,"o has ! unpron\nceable "n1 savants designat+ x by ! jumble ( lett]s3 ,ptil9orhyn*es4 ,! o!r is call$ ! g>d5]4 #b ,! title ( 8 /udy is curi\s ,les ,cabanes et les j>d9s de l',amblyornis4 7,annales du ,muse d'hi/oire naturelle de ,gnes1 #ahgf74 ,,*apt] ,,xvi ,,polygamy ,r>ity ( monogamy4--,ta/e = *ange 9 animals4-- ,rles ( monogamy & polygamy 9 ! /ability or in/ability ( specific types4--,/rife ( ! c\ple aga9/ polygamy4--,c\ples among insects4--,among fi%1 batra*ians1 saurians4--,monogamy ( pigeons1 ( night+ales4--,monogamy 9 c>nivora1 9 rod5ts4-- ,habits ( ! rabbit4--,! i*neumon4--,unkn[n causes ( polygamy4--,r>ity & sup]abundance ( males4--,polygamy 9 insects4--,9 fi%4--,9 gall9ace1 9 web-foot$ birds4--,9 h]bivora4--,! antelopes h>em4--,human polygamy4--,h[ x temp]s ! c\ple among civiliz$ races4 ,!re are no monogam\s animals save ^? :i* love only once dur+ _! lifetime4 ,exceptions to ?is rule h n suffici5t con/ancy to be erect$ into a c\nt]-rule4 ,!re are monogami/s 9 fact1 !re are none ( necessity1 f ! "t an animal lives long en\gh to commit ! reproductive act sev]al times4 ,free female mammals ne>ly always flee ! male :o has once s]v$ !m1 !y ne$ a new "o4 ,a bit* does n receive la/ season's dog save 9 dire/ extremity4 ,?is appe>s to me to be ! /ruggle ( ! specie aga9/ v>iety4 ,! c\ple is ! mak] ( v>ieties4 ,polygamy drags !m back to ! g5]al type ( ! specie4 ,individuals ( a specie frankly polygam\s %\ld pres5t a v great simil>ity2 if ! species incl9e t[>d a c]ta9 monogamy1 ! dissemblances become m num]\s4 ,x is n an illusion :i* makes u recognize 9 human races almo/ monogam\s1 a less] uni=mity ( type ?an 9 polygam\s societies or ^? giv5 ov] to promiscuity1 or among animal species4 ,! example ( ! dog seems ! wor/ t "o c\ld h *os54 ,x isn't1 x is ! be/1 consid]+ t 9 receiv+ successively individuals ( diff]5t v>iety1 ! bit* t5ds to produce individuals n ( a specializ$ bre$1 b on ! contr>y ( a type :]e sev]al bre$s w be mix$1 individuals :i* 9 cross+ & recross+ 9 _! turn1 w end1 if ! dogs live 9 a free /ate1 9 =m+ "o s+le specie4 ,sexual lib]ty t5ds to e/abli% uni=mity ( type2 monogamy /rives aga9/ ?is t5d5cy & ma9ta9s div]sity4#a ,ano!r consequ5ce ( ?is mann] ( see+ is t "o mu/ consid] monogamy z fav\rable to intellectual developm5t1 intellig5ce be+ a diff]5tiation :i* accompli%es itself m (t51 9 proportion z !re are individuals & gr\ps :o diff] physically4 ,physical uni=mity eng5d]s uni=mity ( s5sibility1 !nce ( intellig5ce2 ?is does n ne$ to be expla9$2 n[ intellig5ces c\nt1 & m>k only _! diff]5ces2 uni=m1 !y are z if !y 7 n2 impot5t to hook !mselves "o onto ! o!r1 to react aga9/ ea* o!r1 lack+ asp]ities1 lack+ contr>y curr5ts4 ,?is is ! flock1 9 :i* ea* memb] makes ! same ge/ure ( flight1 ( bit+1 or ( ro>+4 ,nei!r ! conditions ( absolute monogamy1 nor ^? ( absolute promiscuity seem to be f\nd at pres5t 9 humanity1 nor among animals2 b "o sees ! c\ple1 9 sev]al animal & human species1 ei!r 9 /ate ( t5d5cy1 or 9 /ate ( habit4 ,m (t51 especially among insects1 ! fa!r1 ev5 if he survives x a little :ile1 rema9s indiff]5t1 to ! consequ5ces ( ! g5ital act4 ,at o!r times1 ! fights betwe5 males s r$uce _! numb] t a sole male rema9s ! ma/] & s]vant ( a great numb] ( females4 ,s "o mu/ di/+ui% betwe5 true1 & successive polygamy2 betwe5 ! monogamy ( "o season1 & t ( an entire lifetime2 & f9ally "o mu/ set ap>t ^? animals :o make love only once1 or dur+ "o season :i* is foll[$ by dea?4 ,^! diff]5t v>ieties & nuances dem& me?odic classification4 ,x w\ld be a long "w1 & w\ld p]haps n atta9 true exactitude1 = 9 animals1 z 9 man1 "o mu/ c\nt ) caprice 9 sexual matt]s3 :5 a fai?ful dove is tir$ ( h] lov]1 %e takes flight1 & soon =ms a new c\ple ) an adult]\s male4 ,! c\ple is natural1 b ! p]man5t c\ple is n4 ,man has nev] b5t to x1 save ) difficulty1 ev5 ?\gh x be "o ( ! pr9cipal conditions ( 8 sup]iority4 ,! brea/s ( ! male d n seem to prove ! primordiality ( ! c\ple 9 mammals4 ,al?\gh !re are v]idic examples ( ! male's hav+ giv5 suck1 x is difficult to consid] ! male udd] z de/9$ = a real rle1 or = an em]g5cy milk+4#b ,?is replacem5t has be5 too r>ely obs]v$ = "o to use x z a basis ( argum5t4 ,embryology gives a good explanation ( ! exi/5ce ( ?is useless organ4 ,an useless in/rum5t is1 moreov]1 q z frequ5t 9 nature z ! abs5ce ( a useful in/rum5t4 ,p]fect concordance ( organ & act is r>e4 ,9 ! case ( insects :o live b = "o love-season1 sometimes = two real seasons if !y c b5umb !mselves = ! w9t]1 polygamy is ne>ly always ! consequ5ce ( ! r>ity ( males1 or ! sup]abundance ( females4 ,space is too va/1 _! food too abundant = !re to be truly deadly combats betwe5 males4 ,moreov]1 _! love accompli%$1 ! m9uscule folk ask only to die1 ! c\ple is =m$ only = ! actual "t ( fecundation1 ! two animals at once resume _! lib]ty1 t is = ! female to deliv] h] eggs1 & = ! male to langui%1 & sometimes to ca/ a f9al song to ! w9ds4 ,!re are exceptions to ?is rule1 b if "o looks ^u ! exceptions ) ! same gaze z on ! rule1 "o w\ld see 9 nature only :at "o sees on ! surface ( a riv]1 vague movem5ts & pass+ %ad[s4 ,to conceive "s reality1 "o mu/ conceive a rule1 fir/1 z an in/rum5t ( vision & ( measure4 ,) mo/ insects ! male does no?+ b live2 he deposits 8 se$ 9 ! female receptacle1 flies on1 vani%es4 ,he does n %>e any ( ! lab\rs prep>atory to lay+4 ,alone ! female sphex engages 9 h] t]rible & clev] /rife ) ! cricket1 :om %e p>alyzes ) ?ree /abs ( h] dagg] 9 8 ?ree moto-n]v\s c5tres2 alone %e holl[s ! oblique burr[ at ! bottom ( :i* live h] l>v2 alone %e adorns x1 fills x ) provisions1 closes x4 ,alone ! female c]c]is heaps up 9 ! deep gall]y ! /unn$ weevils & burn-c[s1 fruit ( h] excavations1 l>d] = h] prog5y4 ,alone ! %e-osmie1 %e-wasp1 %e-philan!--"o w\ld h to cite ne>ly all ! hym5opt]a4 ,"o und]/&s bett]1 :5 ! insect deposits h] eggs by *ance1 )\t prefatory manuvres1 or by special in/rum5ts1 t ! male co-op]ation is lack+2 only ! female cicada c s9k h] clev] burr[ 9 ! olive b>k4 ,!re are h[ev] c\ples among insects4 ,among coleopt]a !re are ! purse-mak]1 ! necrophore4 ,/]corian geotrupes1 lun> copris1 onitis bison1 sisyphus1 "w sob]ly side by side prep>+ ! l>d] = _! com+ families4 ,9 ^! cases1 ! male seems ma/]1 he directs ! manuvres 9 ! complicat$ op]ations ( ! necrophores4 ,a c\ple get busy ab\t a corpse1 say ( a field m\se2 ne>ly always "o or two isolat$ males jo9 !m1 ! troop is organiz$1 "o sees ! *ief eng9e] explore ! t]ritory & give ord]s4 ,! female awaits !m1 motionless1 ready to obey1 to foll[ ! movem5t4 ,z soon z !re is a c\ple ! male necrophore comm&s4 ,! male assi/s ! female dur+ ! "w ( arrang+ ! cell & ! lay+4 ,mo/ purse-mak]s1 sisyphus or copris make & transport toge!r ! pill :i* s]ves z food = ! l>v2 _! c\ple is j l t ( birds4 ,"o might believe t 9 ?is case monogamy is necessitat$ by ! nature ( ! "w2 n at all3 ! male 9 o!r q closely relat$ species1 sacr$ sc>ab1 = example1 leaves ! female alone to build ! excrem5tal ball 9 :i* %e encloses h] eggs4 ,com+ up to v]tebrata "o f9ds also c]ta9 examples ( a sort ( monogamy3 :5 ! male fi% s]ves z hat*] = 8 own eggs1 ei!r c>ry+ !m 9 a special p\*1 or h]oicly %elt]+ !m 9 8 m\?4 ,?is is r>e1 s9ce1 usually1 ! two sexes ( fi% d n approa* ea* o!r1 d n ev5 "k ea* o!r4 ,batra*ians1 on ! contr>y1 are monogam\s2 ! female does n lay save "u male pressure1 & x is s sl[ an op]ation1 prec$$ by su* long manuvres t ! :ole season is fill$ ) x4 ,! male ( ! common l& toad rolls ! long *aplet ( eggs ab\t 8 feet z soon z x is divid$1 & goes 9 ! ev5+ to place x 9 ! neighb\r+ pool4 ,ne>ly all saurians seem also to be monogam\s4 ,! he & %e liz>d =m a c\ple said to la/ sev]al ye>s4 ,_! am\rs are ard5t1 !y clasp ea* o!r closely belly to belly4 ,birds are g5]ally consid]$ monogam\s1 save gall9ace & web-foot$ birds2 b exceptions appe> s num]\s t "o w\ld h to "n ! species "o by "o4 ,! fidelity ( pigeons is leg5d>y1 & is p]haps only a leg5d4 ,! male pigeon c]ta9ly has t5d5cies to infidelity & ev5 to polygamy4 ,he deceives 8 companion2 he goes s f> z to inflict ^u h] ! %ame ( hav+ a concub9e "u ! conjugal ro(6 ,& ^! two sp\ses1 he tyrannizes ov] !m1 he enslaves !m by beat+4 ,! female1 x is true1 is n always ( an easy disposition4 ,%e has h] caprices4 ,sometimes1 refus+ h] mate1 %e des]ts him & gives h]self to ! fir/ com]4 ,"o w n f9d "h any ( ! zological anecdotes on ! indu/ry ( birds1 _! union 9 devotion to ! specie4 ,! habits ( ^! new-com]s 9 ! _w1 are v un/able2 yet among c]ta9 gall9ace1 monogam\s = exception1 l ! p>tridge1 ! males seem pull$ by contr>y desires1 !y und]go ! c\ple r ?an *oose x1 & _! %>e 9 ! re>+ ( "y is (t5 v slight4 ,"o has se5 ! male r$ p>tridge1 aft] mat+1 ab&on 8 female & rejo9 a troop ( male vagabonds4 ,! night+ales1 p]fect pair1 sit on ! eggs turn by turn4 ,! male1 :5 ! female comes to relieve him1 rema9s ne> by & s+s until %e is com=tably settl$ on ! eggs4 ,/ill m devot$ is ! male talegalle1 a sort ( ,au/ralian turkey4 ,he makes ! ne/1 an enorm\s heap ( dead leaves2 :5 ! female has laid1 he wat*es ! eggs1 comes f "t to "t to uncov] !m = exposure to ! sun4 ,he takes 8 %>e ( wat*+ ! "y1 %elt]+ !m "u leaves until !y are able to fly4 ,( mammals1 ! c>nivora & rod5ts (t5 practice a c]ta91 at lea/ tempor>y1 monogamy4 ,foxes live 9 c\ples1 & educate ! "y foxes4 ,"o f9ds _! real habits 9 ! old ,roman du ,r5>t3 ,r5>d ! fox goes vagabond1 hunt+ = prey & w9dfalls1 :ile ,madame ,h]mal9e1 8 wife1 waits at home1 9 h] b[] at ,maup]tuis4 ,! vix5 tea*es h] *ildr5 ! art ( kill+ & divid+2 _! appr5tice%ip is made on ! /ill liv+ game :i* ! male purveyor has br\ght to ! h\se4 ,! rabbit is v r\gh 9 love2 ! ham/]1 ano!r rod5t1 (t5 becomes c>nivor\s dur+ ! rutt+ season2 !y say t he is q ready to eat 8 "y1 & t ! female1 fe>+ 8 f]ocity1 leaves him be=e deliv]y4 ,^! ab]rations are exagg]at$ 9 captivity1 & affect ev5 ! female4 ,"o kn[s t ! %e-rabbit sometimes eats h] "y2 ?is happ5s especially :5 "o has ! imprud5ce to t\* or ev5 to look too closely at ! "y rabbits4 ,?is is en\gh to br+ on a viol5t di/urbance ( mat]nal s5tim5t4 ,! same dem5tia has be5 obs]v$ 9 a vix5 :o _h kitt5$ 9 a cage2 "o day someone pass$1 & look$ /eadily at ! "y foxes1 a qu>t] ( an h\r lat] !y 7 ?rottl$4 ,v>i\s explanations are giv5 = ?is practice among %e-rabbits1 ! simple/ be+ t !y are driv5 by ?ir/ to kill ! "y 9 ord] to dr9k ! blood4 ,?is is r ,dantescan = %e-rabbits4 ,!y say also1 reg>d+ bo? wild & tame rabbits1 t ! female :5 surpris$ kills ! "y because %e has n indu/ry l ! doe-h>e1 cat1 or bit*1 to transport !m to "s o!r place or to save at lea/ "o1 by ! scruff ( its neck4 ,! ?ird explanation is t1 dev\r+ ! aft]bir?1 l ne>ly all mammals1 & ?is f physiological motive1 ! doe-rabbit acquires a ta/e1 & cont9ues ! meal1 absorb+ ! "y z well4 ,)\t reject+ any ( ^! explanations "o may pres5t sev]al o!rs4 ,fir/1 x is n only ! females :o eat ! "y1 ! males are equally giv5 to x4 ,be+ v lascivi\s1 ! male rabbit tries to get rid ( 8 "y1 9 ord] to /op suckl+1 & h 8 female aga94 ,on ! o!r h&1 x is a regul> fact1 t z soon z %e has retak5 ! habit ( hav+ ! male1 ! "m rabbit1 ev5 if %e is /ill giv+ suck1 at once ceases to recognize h] (fspr+1 h] brief ideas already turn$ t[>d h] new1 com+ family4 ,diff]5t causes may eng5d] id5tical acts1 & diff]5t l9es ( reason+ br+ ! same conclusions4 ,!re is reason+ 9 ?is case ( ! rabbit2 !re is no reason+ save 9 case ( initial error1 :5 !re is tr\ble 9 ! intellect4 ,?is tr\ble & ! f9al massacre is all t "o c /ate def9itely3 ! reason+ escapes our analysis4 ,is ! rabbit really monogam\s8 ,p]haps1 ) a monogamy = ! season1 or f necessity4 ,! male1 9 any case pays no att5tion to ! "y1 unless x be to ?rottle !m2 ?us ! female z soon z %e is gravid1 takes refuge 9 an isolat$ burr[4 ,_! c\pl+1 :i* occurs especially t[>d ev5+1 is repeat$ z (t5 z five or six times an h\r1 ! female cr\*+ 9 a p>ticul> mann]2 ! break away is v sudd51 ! male ?r[+ himself back1 sidewise & utt]+ a %ort cry4 ,:at really makes "o d\bt ! monogamy ( ! rabbit is t "o male is en\gh = eight or t5 females1 t he is a great runn]1 t ! males h murd]\s fights among !mselves4 ,d\btless "o mu/ take ea* specie sep>ately4 ,buffon pret5ds t 9 a w>r5 ! olde/ buck rabbits h au?ority ov] ! "y4 ,an obs]v] ( rabbit habits1 ,m4 ,m>iot-,didieux1 admits ?is trait ( sup]ior sociability 9 angoras1 :i* is j ! specie ,buffon _h /udi$4 ,buck rabbits h /ill o!r ab]rations1 hunt]s pret5d t !y pursue doe-h>es1 tire !m & we> !m out by _! lu/9ess2 x is c]ta9 t ^! c\pl+s give no result4 ,! ,egyptian i*neumon lives 9 families4 ,x seems t x is v int]e/+ to see !m on a hunt+ exp$ition1 fir/ ! male1 !n ! female1 !n ! "y 9 ,indian file4 ,female & "y d n take _! eyes (f fa!r1 & imitate all 8 ge/ures ) c>e3 "o might ?9k ! tra9 0 a l>ge s]p5t mov+ 9 re$s4 ,! wolf :o l ! fox lives 9 pairs1 helps 8 female & fe$s h]1 b he does n "k 8 "y & w eat !m if !y come to h&4 ,c]ta9 great apes1 gibbon & orang are tempor>ily monogam\s4 ,polygamy w\ld be expla9$ by ! r>ity ( males2 :i* is n ! case ) mo/ mammals1 among :om ! males are almo/ con/antly m num]\s4 ,buffon 0 ! fir/ to note ?is pr$om9ance1 nei!r has he nor has anyone s9ce1 giv5 a satisfactory explanation4 ,p h said t 9 man1 at lea/1 ! eld] p>5t gives ! sex to ! (fspr+1 & ! m surely z ! diff]5ce 9 age is great]1 b1 by ?is reckon+ "o w\ld h almo/ no?+ b males4 ,p h also said t ! y\ng] ! woman1 ! m likely ! *ild to be male4 ,! e>ly m>riages ( ! pa/ are suppos$ to h yield$ m males ?an ! late m>riages ( ! pres5t4 ,none ( ^! /atem5ts is s]i\s4 ,:at rema9s pa/ d\bt is t ,european humanity1 to consid] only t1 gives an excess ( males4 ,! g5]al av]age is ab\t #aje1 ) extremes ( #aja 9 ,russia1 & #aac 9 ,greece2 ! ,fr5* av]age is ! same z ! g5]al av]age4 ,"o has n be5 able to make out1 9 ^! v>iations1 ei!r influ5ce ( race1 or ( climate1 or ( taxes1 or ( nationality1 or any?+ else 9 p>ticul>4 ,!re are m male humans1 m male %eep3 x is a fact1 :i* be+ regul>1 w be difficult to expla94 ,we f9d "h sup]abundance1 !re p5ury ( males1 b nei!r does ! abundance det]m9e ! cu/oms1 nor is x likely ! lack ( males w\ld d s4 ,!re are s few males among gnats t ,fabre 0 ! fir/ to recognize !m1 ! proportion ab\t "o male to t5 females4 ,?is 9 no way produces polygamy1 = ! male dies ! in/ant aft] c\pl+4 ,n9e out ( t5 gnat females die virg91 & ev5 )\t hav+ se5 a male1 )\t kn[+ t males exi/3 p]haps celibacy augm5ts _! f]ocity1 = x is ! female gnat & %e alone :o sucks our gore4 ,"o supposes also t female spid]s outnumb] ! males t5 or tw5ty to "o3 p]haps ! buck :o has escap$ ! jaws ( "o mi/ress has ! c\rage to risk 8 life yet aga98 ,x is possible1 ! male spid] :o survives 8 am\rs may live on = sev]al ye>s4 ,polygamy seems to exi/1 & 9 its mo/ ref9$ =m1 ) "o sort ( spid]1 ! ct5ize1 ^: males are peculi>ly r>e4 ,! female digs a ne/ 9 ! e>?1 into :i* ! male desc5ds2 he lives !re "s "t1 !n he leaves1 comes back3 !re are sev]al h\ses betwe5 :i* he divides 8 "t equitably4 ,! polygamy ( a curi\s little fi%1 ! /ickleback1 is ( ! same sort1 al?\gh m naive4 ,! male builds a grass ne/1 !n goes 9 se>* ( a female1 br+s h] back to ! ne/1 invites h] to lay2 sc>cely has 8 fir/ companion dep>t$ :5 he br+s 9 ano!r4 ,he only /ops :5 !re is a satisfactory treasure ( eggs1 !n he fecundates !m 9 ! usual mann]4 ,!nce on he gu>ds ! ne/ aga9/ malefactors1 & wat*es ! hat*+4 ,9 ! odd rev]sal ( rles1 ! "y recognize _! fa!r2 _! "m may be ! fi% pass+ betwe5 !m1 or ! "o glid+ (f l a %ad[1 or ! "o *ew+ a grass blade4 ,:5 ! /ickleback _w becomes reasonable1 t is to say absurd1 x w p]haps give itself up to ! re*]*e de la mat]nit8 ,_! philosoph]s w dem& ,:y %\ld ! fa!r alone be *>g$ ) ! education ( 8 (fspr+8 ,up to ! pres5t "o kn[s no?+ except t he educates !m ) joy & affection4 ,among /icklebacks & among m5 !re is no answ] to su* "q save ! answ] giv5 by facts4 ,"o might z well ask :y humanity is n h]maphrodite1 l ! snails1 :o /rictly divide ! pleasures & burd5s ( love1 = all snails commit ! male act1 & all lay4 ,:y has ! female ov>ies1 & ! male te/icles3 & ?is fl[] pi/ils1 & ?is "o /am5s8 ,"o ends 9 baby-talk4 ,! wi% to correct nature is unnecess>y4 ,x is h>d en\gh to und]/& h]1 ev5 a little1 z %e is4 ,:5 %e wi%es to e/abli% ! absolute responsibility ( ! fa!r1 %e e/abli%es ! /rict c\ple1 & especially1 absolute polygamy4 ,! pigeon is no long] c]ta9 ( be+ ! fa!r ( 8 "y2 ! cock c n d\bt x1 he be+ ! sole male among all 8 h5s4 ,b nature has no second>y int5tions1 %e keeps wat* t1 tempor>y or durable1 fugitive or p]man5t ! c\ples are fecund2 t is all4 ,gall9ace & web-feet pres5t c]ta9 birds be/ kn[n & mo/ useful to u4 ,!y are ne>ly all polygam\s4 ,! cock ne$s ab\t a doz5 h5s1 he c d ) a mu* l>g] numb]1 b 9 t case 8 ard\r we>s itself out4 ,! duck1 v lic5ti\s1 is accus$ ( sodomy4 ,n only is he polygam\s1 b any?+ w s]ve him4 ,he might bett] be a natural example ( promiscuity4 ,a g&] is good = t5 or twelve geese1 ! cock-pheasant = eight or t5 h5s4 ,! lyrure tetras ne$s _m m1 he leads a sultan's h>em beh9d him4 ,at dawn1 9 ! season ( am\rs1 ! male />ts :i/l+ ) a noise l /eel on a gr9d/one1 simultane\sly /ret*+ himself up1 & spread+ ! fan ( 8 tail1 op5+ & puff+ 8 w+s4 ,:5 ! sun cle>s ! horizon he rejo9s 8 females1 dances be=e !m1 :ile !y dev\r him ) _! eyes1 !n he m\nts !m1 accord+ to 8 caprice1 & ) great vivacity4 ,polygamy is ! rule among h]bivora2 bulls1 bucks1 /allions1 bison are made to reign ov] a troop ( females4 ,dome/icity *anges _! p]man5t polygamy into successive polygamy4 ,/ags g f female to female )\t ty+ up to any2 ! females foll[ ?is example4 ,a specie imm$iately ak9 gives1 on ! contr>y1 an example ( ! c\ple2 ! roebuck & 8 doe live 9 family1 & br+ up _! "y until ^! are ready to mate4 ,! male ( a c]ta9 ,asian antelope ne$s m ?an a hundr$ docile females4 ,naturally1 ^! h>ems c only be =m$ by ! de/ruction ( o!r males4 ,?is hundr$ females repres5ts possibly m ?an a hundr$ males put out ( bus9ess1 males be+ always ! m num]\s sex1 among mammals4 ,! utility ( su* hecatombs to ! race is n c]ta94 ,d\btless "o may suppose t ! surviv+ male is ! /ronge/1 or "o ( ! /ronge/ ( 8 g5]ation1 t is ! lucky elem5t1 b :atev] 8 vig\r x may be expect$ to wane at "s po9t or o!r be=e a hundr$ females desir+ satisfaction4 ,"s females are =gott51 o!rs fecundat$ 9 mom5ts ( we>9ess3 = a c]ta9 numb] ( good products1 !re are a numb] ( m$iocre creations4 ,true1 ^! are de/9$1 if male1 to p]i% 9 future combats2 b if !y are female1 & if !y receive ! fav\rs ( ! *ief1 ?is sy/em might h = consequ5ce ! progressive degradation ( ! specie4 ,x is h[ev]1 probable t ! necess>y equilibrium is re-e/abli%$2 combats betwe5 females1 combats ( coquetry1 incitem5ts ( fem99ity1 d\btless take place1 & x is ! triumph ( ! male/ male & ( ! mo/ female females4 ,virey ass]ts1 9 ,dt]ville's ,n\veau dictionnaire d'hi/oire naturelle1 t ! great] polygam\s apes get on v well ) wom5 indig5es4 ,x is possible1 b no product has ev] be5 born ( ^! ab]rations1 :i* we mu/ leave to !ological works on be/ialitas4 ,m5 & wom51 ev5 ( ! ,aryan race h at times set out to prove ! radical animality ( ! human specie by ! peculi>ity ( _! ta/es4 ,! int]e/ 9 ^! matt]s is *iefly psy*ological1 & if "o c draw no pro( ( evolution f ! *ance relations betwe5 woman & dog1 man & goat1 ! c\pl+ ( primates ( diff]5t ord]s (f]s no evid5ce ei!r4 ,!re is h[ev] a relation betwe5 man & apes1 x is t !y are bo? divisible into polygami/s & monogami/s1 at lea/ tempor>y2 b ?is does n diff]5tiate !m f mo/ o!r animal species4 ,9 mo/ human races !re is a radical polygamy1 dissimulat$ "u a %[-front ( monogamy4 ,"h g5]alizations are no long] possible1 ! individual em]ges & ) 8 fantasy upsets all obs]vations1 & annihilates all /ati/ics4 ,! monogami/'s bro!r is polygam\s4 ,a woman has kn[n only "o man1 & h] "m 0 e "o's fancy4 ,"o may ass]t ! univ]sal cu/om ( m>riage & d$uce monogamy z a conclusion1 & ?is w be false or true accord+ to ! epo*1 milieu1 race1 moral t5d5cies ( ! mom5t4 ,moral codes are ess5tially un/able1 s9ce !y repres5t only a h&-book ideal ( happ9ess2 morality w modify itself accord+ to ! mobility ( ?is ideal4 ,physiologically1 monogamy is 9 no way requir$ by ! normal conditions ( human life4 ,*ildr58 ,if ! fa!r's help is necess>y x c be ex]cis$ ov] ! *ildr5 ( sev]al wom5 z well z ov] ^? ( "o woman only4 ,! duration ( tutelage among civiliz$ p is1 moreov]1 excessive2 x is dragg$ out1 :5 x is a matt] ( c]ta9 c>e]s1 almo/ until ripe age4 ,normally pub]ty ought to lib]ate ! "y human1 z x lib]ates ! "y ( o!r mammals4 ,! c\ple ne$ !n la/ only t5 or fifte5 ye>s2 b female fecundity accumulates *ildr5 at a ye>'s int]val1 s t1 z long z ! fa!r's virility la/s1 !re might be1 always "o feeble creature hav+ "r to dem& protection4 ,human polygamy c\ld !n1 nev] be successive polygamy1 save by exception1 t is1 if man 7 an ob$i5t animal1 submitt+ to normal sexual rules1 & always fecund2 b ?is successivity is frequ5t & divorce has legaliz$ x4 ,! o!r & true polygamy1 polygamy actual1 tempor>y or p]man5t1 is /ill less r>e among p ( ,european civilization1 b ne>ly always secret & nev] legal2 x has = coroll>y a poly&ry ex]cis$ "u ! same conditions4 ,?is sort ( polygamy is v diff]5t f t ( ,mormons1 ,turks1 gall9ace & antelopes1 x is no?+ m ?an promiscuity4 ,x does n dissolve ! c\ple1 9 dim9i%+ its tyranny x r5d]s x m desirable4 ,no?+ s fav\rs m>riage1 & consequ5tly1 social /ability1 z ! de facto indulg5ce 9 tempor>y polygamy4 ,! ,romans well und]/ood ?is1 & legaliz$ concub9age4 ,"o c n "h deal ) a "q s remote f1 natural que/ions4 ,to cond5se "o's answ] into briefe/ possible space1 "o w\ld say t man1 & pr9cipally civiliz$ man1 is v[$ to ! c\ple1 b he only endures x on condition t he may leave & return to x at w4 ,?is solution seems to conciliate 8 contradictory ta/es1 & is m elegant ?an ! "o (f]$ by divorce1 :i* is always ! same ?+ ov] aga92 x is 9 con=mity n only ) human1 b also ) animal t5d5cies4 ,x is fav\rable to ! species1 9 assur+ ! suitable up-br++ ( *ildr51 & also to ! complete satisfaction ( a ne$1 :i*1 9 a /ate ( civilization is insep>able ei!r f /hetic pleasure or s5tim5tal pleasure4 #a ,t is to say 9 ! eye ( "s imag9>y div9ity :o might be suppos$ to reg>d humanity1 or ev5 ! sl[] mammals f a timeless or say five c5tury altitude4--,translator's note4 #b ,"o believes nev]!less t ! male bat suckles "o ( ! two "y t ! c\ple regul>ly produces4 ,b ^! animals are s odd & s het]oclite t ?is example1 if x is au!ntic1 w\ld n be a decisive argum5t4 ,,*apt] ,,xvii ,,love ,,among ,,social ,,animals ,organization ( reproduction among hym5opt]a4--,bees4--,w$d+ ( ! que54--,"m bee1 cause & consci\sness ( ! hive4--,sexual royalty4--,limits ( intellig5ce among bees4--,natural logic & human logic4--,wasps4--,bumble-bees4--,ants4-- ,notes on _! habits4--,v advanc$ /ate ( _! civilization4-- ,slav]y & p>asitism among ants4--,t]mites4--,! n9e pr9cipal active =ms ( t]mites4--,great age ( _! civilization4--,beav]s4--,t5d5cy ( indu/ri\s animals to inactivity4 ,social hym5opt]a1 bumble-bees1 hornets1 wasps1 bees1 h peculi> love cu/oms v diff]5t f ^? ( o!r animal species4 ,x is n monogamy1 s9ce "o f9ds 9 x no?+ resembl+ ! c\ple1 nor polygamy1 s9ce ! males "k only "o female1 :5 !y h ev5 t adv5ture1 & s9ce ! females are fecundat$ = ! :ole ( _! life by a s+le fecundation4 ,x is1 r1 a sort ( matri>*ate1 ev5 ?\gh ! que5 bee is n g5]ally ! "m ( m ?an a "p ( ! hive :]eov] %e rules1 ! o!r "p hav+ sprung f ! que5 :o has gone (f ) ! new sw>m1 or f ! "o :o has rema9$ 9 ! =m] hive4 ,9 v num]\s hives !re are ab\t six or sev5 hundr$ males to "o female4 ,copulation takes place 9 ! air2 z is ! case ) ants1 x is only possible aft] a long flight has fill$ ) air ! p\*es :i* cause ! male's organ to em]ge4 ,betwe5 ^! pockets1 or arif]\s bladd]s %ap$ l p]=at$ horns1 em]ges ! p5is1 a small :ite body1 plump & b5t back at ! po9t4 ,9 ! vag9a1 :i* is r\nd1 wide & %all[1 ! sp]m-p\* op5s2 x is a res]voir :i* c conta9 !y say1 a score ( million ( sp]matozoides1 de/9$ to fecundate ! eggs1 dur+ sev]al ye>s 9 proportion z !y are to be laid4 ,! =m ( ! p5is & ! mann] 9 :i* ! sp]m is coagulat$ by a visc\s liquid into a v]itable sp]matophore1 cause ! dea? ( ! male4 ,! copulation end$1 he wi%es to dis5gage himself b only manages to d s 9 leav+ 9 ! vag9a n only ! p5is b all ! organs atta*$ to x4 ,he falls l an empty bag1 :ile ! que51 return$ to ! hive1 /ops at ! entrance1 makes h] toilet1 aid$ by ! work]s :o cr[d ab\t h]3 ) h] m&ibles %e g5tly removes ! sp9e :i* has rema9$ 9 h] belly1 & cleans ! place ) lu/ral att5tion4 ,!n %e ent]s ! second p]iod ( h] life3 mat]nity4 ,?is p5is :i* rema9s fa/ 9 ! vag9a makes "o ?9k ( ! d>ts ( fight]s :i* also rema9 9 ! w\nd2 be x love or w> ! ov]-c\rage\s bea/let expires1 worn out & mutilat$2 !re is 9 ?is a peculi> facility ( dehisc5ce :i* seems v r>e4 ,! w$d+ ( ! que5 bee rema9$ a long "t absolutely my/]i\s1 & ev5 today !re are only a v few obs]v]s :o h be5 ! di/ant witnesses ( x4 ,raumur1 hav+ isolat$ a que5 & a male1 witness$ a play or combat ) movem5ts :i* he int]pret$ ) +5uity4 ,he c\ld n see ! actual c\pl+1 :i* only takes place 9 ! air4 ,8 /ory1 is unique & no?+ s9ce has confirm$ x4 ,he %[s u a que5 approa*+ a male1 suck+ him ) h] proboscis1 (f]+ him honey1 /rok+ him ) h] feet1 & f9ally irritat$ by ! coldness ( h] suitor1 m\nt+ 8 back1 apply+ h] vulva to ! male organ1 :i* ,raumur describes v well 7,memoirs1 tome ,v7 & :i* he repres5ts z cov]$ ) a :ite visc\s liquid4 ,! real preludes1 at lea/ 9 a /ate ( lib]ty1 contradict ! great obs]v]4 ,! female seems 9 no way aggressive4 ,"h are ! ?ree au!ntic acc\nts ,i h be5 able to discov]3 #f? ,july1 #ahdi1 ,m4 ,hannemann1 bee-keep] at ,wurtemburg1 ,?ur+ia 0 seat$ ne> my hive :5 8 att5tion 0 ar\s$ by an unaccu/om$ buzz+4 ,sudd5ly he saw ?irty or =ty drones 7i4e41 false drones1 male bees7 rapidly pursu+ a que5-bee1 ab\t tw5ty or ?irty feet up 9 ! air4 ,! gr\p fill$ a space ab\t two feet 9 diamet]4 ,sometimes1 9 _! flight1 !y came z l[ z t5 feet f ! gr\nd1 !n rose1 fly+ nor? to s\?4 ,he foll[$ !m ab\t a hundr$ y>ds1 !n a build+ int]rupt$ him4 ,! gr\p ( drones =m$ a sort ( cone ) ! que5 at ! summit1 !n ! cone enl>g$ into a globe ( :i* %e 0 ! c5tre3 at ?is mom5t ! que5 succe$$ 9 gett+ away & rose v]tically1 /ill foll[$ by ! drones :o _h re=m$ ! cone "u h]4#a ,"s ye>s lat] ! ,rev4 ,millette1 at ,witem>%1 obs]v$ ! f9al phase ( ! act4 ,dur+ a hiv+1 he notic$ a fly+ que51 :o an in/ant lat]1 0 /opp$ by a male4 ,aft] hav+ fl[n ab\t a rod !y fell to ! gr\nd hook$ to ea* o!r4 ,he approa*$ & captur$ !m bo?1 at ! v mom5t :5 ! male _h ab&on$ himself to ! embrace2 he c>ri$ !m to ! h\se & let !m loose 9 a clos$ room4 ,! que51 angry1 flew t[>d ! w9d[2 ! male aft] dragg+ himself = an in/ant across ! op5 palm ( ! obs]v]'s h&1 fell to floor & di$4 ,bo? male & female _h at ! tip ( ! abdom5 drops ( a milky :ite liquid2 by squeez+ ! male1 he saw t ! male _h lo/ 8 g5ital organs4 7,f>m] & ,g>d5]1 #ahei47 ,hav+ se5 ! que5 g out1 ,m4 ,c>rey clos$ ! entrance ( ! hive4 ,dur+ 8 abs5ce1 :i* la/$ a qu>t] ( an h\r1 ?ree false-drones came to ! entrance & f9d+ x clos$1 cont9u$ fly+4 ,:5 ! que5 on h] return 0 only ab\t ?ree feet f ! hive1 "o ( ! drones flew v rapidly t[>d h]1 ?r[+ 8 legs ar\nd h] body4 ,!y /opp$1 re/+ on a long grass-blade4 ,!n an explosion 0 di/9ctly he>d1 & !y sep>at$4 ,! drone fell to ! gr\nd q dead1 ) abdom5 mu* contract$4 ,aft] a few circles 9 ! air1 ! "m ent]$ ! hive4 7,copulation ( ! "m bee1 9 l',apiculteur1 #f;e anne1 #ahfb47 ,save ! rem>k ab\t ! f9al explosion1 ^! ?ree acc\nts accord well en\gh1 & give an exact idea ( "o ( ! c\pl+s mo/ difficult to get sight (4 ,x is1 moreov]1 ! "o half-obscure po9t 9 bee life4 ,"o kn[s all ! re/1 _! ?ree sexes1 rigor\sly specializ$1 ! precise indu/ry ( ! wax-work]s1 ! dilig5ce ( ! collectresses1 ! political s5se ( ^! extraord9>y amazons1 _! initiatives1 :5 ! hive is too full1 _! />ts = ! =mation ( new sw>ms1 ! duels ( que5s :]e ! populace int]v5e1 ! massacre ( males z soon z !y are useless1 ! nurse's art 9 trans=m+ a vulg> l>va into ! l>va ( a que51 ! me?odical activity ( ^! republics :]e all wills1 unit$ 9 a s+le consci5ce1 h no o!r aim b ! common well-be+ & ! cons]vation ( ! race4 ,x is h[ev] ^! ov]-me*anical virtues :i* con/itute ! inf]iority ( ! bee2 ! work]s are extremely labori\s & well-behav$1 b !y lack ev5 t slight p]sonality :i* *>act]izes sex$ insects4 ,! mu* less reasonable que5 is m liv+1 %e is capable ( jeal\sy1 rage1 ( despair :5 %e feels h] royalty m5ac$ by ! new que5 :om ! nurses h br$ up 9 secret4 ,ev5 ! useless1 noisy1 pillag+1 p>asitic males1 drunk & swoll5 ) va9 sp]m are m attractive ?an ! hone/ work]s1 & h&som] also1 /rong]1 m sl5d]1 m elegant4 ,bee-lov]s g5]ally despise ^! muskete]s1 yet x is !y :o inc>nate ! animality1 t is to say ! beauty ( ! specie4 ,if x is true z ,m4 ,maet]l9ck believes 7,la ,vie des ,abeilles71 t ! mo/ vigor\s ( sev5 or eight hundr$ males f9ally s$uces ! royal virg91 !n _! laz9ess1 _! gre$9ess1 _! giddy /agg]+ are b s _m virtues4 ,x seems t ! que5 & ev5 ! work]s c )\t fecundation lay eggs :i* w hat* into males2 b copulation is necess>y 9 ord] to produce females & que5s2 n[ z only ! que5 c receive ! male1 a hive )\t a que5 is doom$4 ,t is ! practical po9t ( view1 ! sexual po9t ( view leads to o!r reflections4 ,a female c1 q alone1 give bir? to a male3 b to h an egg hat* female1 x mu/ be fecundat$ by a male born spontane\sly3 "o obs]ves "h ! real ext]iorization ( ! male organ1 a segm5tation ( ! g5ital p[]1 into two =ces1 ! male =ce & ! female4 ,?us disunit$1 x acquires a new faculty :i* w fully unfold itself by ! re9tegration ( ! two halves ( ! initial =ce into a s+le =ce4 ,b :y d ! virg9-born ovules necess>ily give bir? to males1 among bees1 & to females among plant lice8 ,t is ! "q defy+ answ]4 ,all t "o sees is t p>!nog5esis is always transitory1 & t aft] a numb] ( virg9al g5]ations1 normal fecundation always int]v5es4 ,"o c n say t ! "m bee is a true que51 a v]itable *ief1 b %e is ! important p]sonage 9 ! hive1 ! "o )\t :om life /ops4 ,! work]s h ! air ( be+ mi/resses2 9 reality _! n]v\s c5tre is 9 ! que52 !y act only = h]1 & by h]4 ,h] disappe>ance sets ! hive crazy1 & drives x to absurd endeav\rs1 su* z ! trans=mation ( a nurse into a lay]1 ?\gh %e w give eggs ( "o sex only1 s _m useless m\?s4 ,9 reflect+ on ?is la/ exp$i5t "o c measure ! importance ( sex1 & und]/& ! absolutism ( its royalty4 ,sex is k+1 & !re is no royalty save ! sexual4 ,! mak+ neut] ( ! work]s1 :i* sets !m out ( norm1 if x is a cause ( ord] 9 ! hive1 is above all a cause ( dea?4 ,!re are no liv+ creatures save ^? :o c p]petuate life4 ,! int]e/ (f]$ by bees is v great1 b does n pass t (f]$ by ! obs]vation ( mo/ hym5opt]a1 social or solit>y1 or ( c]ta9 neuropt]a1 su* z t]mites2 or ev5 by beav]s1 & _m birds4 ,b bees h be5 ?r\gh _m ages our sug>-produc]s1 & !y alone2 h5ce man's t5d]ness = insects m valuable ?an all o!rs to him4 ,_! intellig5ce is well develop$1 b soon %[s its limitations4 ,p pret5d t bees "k _! ma/]1 a manife/ error4 ,! relations ( bees & man are purely human4 ,x is evid5t t !y are z ignorant ( man z are all ! o!r insects1 & all o!r inv]tebrata4 ,!y all[ !mselves to be exploit$1 9 ! s5se ( _! in/9ct1 to ! limit ( fam9e & muscul> exhau/ion4 ,virgil's phrase is excessively true1 9 all ! s5ses "o wi%es to take3 ,sic vos non vobis mellificatis apes4 7,bees mak+ honey n = y\rselves47 ,^! clev]1 witty creatures are fool$ by ! gross fakes ( our indu/rial cunn+4 ,:5 !y h /ack$ _! w9t]'s provisions1 honey1 into _! wax combs1 "o removes ! honeycombs1 & replaces !m by sockets ( v>ni%$ pap]3 & ! solemn bees1 set !mselves to =gett+ _! long lab\rs2 be=e ^! virg9 combs1 !y h b "o idea3 to fill !m4 ,!y re/>t "w ) a bu/le :i* w\ld excite v]itable pity 9 any man b a bee-keep]4 ,^! comm]cials h inv5t$ a hive ) moveable combs4 ,! bees w nev] "k4 ,bees are /upid4 ,b we :o see ! limits ( intellig5ce 9 bees1 %\ld consid] ! limits ( our own4 ,!re are limits2 x is possible to conceive bra9s :o obs]v+ u1 w\ld say3 m5 are /upid4 ,all intellig5ce is limit$2 x is j ?is %ock aga9/ ! limit1 aga9/ ! wall1 :i* by ! pa9 x causes1 eng5d]s consci\sness4 ,we are n to laugh too mu* at ! bees :o gaily furni% ! mobile combs ( _! improv$ hives4 ,we are p]haps ! slaves ( a ma/] :o exploits u1 & :o w rema9 =ev] unkn[n4 ,! polygamy1 or if "o wi%1 ! poly&ry ( bees1 pretext = ?is digression1 is !n purely virtual2 x is 9 ! /ate ( possibility1 b x w nev] be realiz$1 s9ce ! fecundity ( ! que5 is assur$ by a s+le act4 ,! excessive multiplicity ( males corresponds d\btless to an anci5t ord] 9 :i* ! females 7 m num]\s4 ,9 any case only two or ?ree males out ( ab\t a ?\s&1 are us$1 or let u say t51 if y wi% to suppose v frequ5t sw>m+1 ?is demon/rates t "o mu/ n prejudge ! habits ( an animal specie by ! ov]abundance ( "o sex or ano!r1 & t1 9 a g5]al fa%ion1 "o mu/ place natural logic above our human logic1 d]iv$ f ma!matical logic4 ,facts 9 nature are connect$ by a ?\s& knots ( :i* no "o is solvable by human logic4 ,:5 "o ( ^! tangles is unravell$ be=e our eyes we m>vel at ! simplicity ( its me*anism1 we ?9k we und]/&1 we make g5]alities1 we prep>e to op5 neighb\r+ my/]ies ) ! same key3 illusion4 ,"o always has to beg9 aga9 at ! />t4 ,?us ! sci5ces ( obs]vation become increas+ly obscure z "o p5etrates fur!r into ! labyr9?4 ,among wasps & hornets !re is no?+ resembl+ polygamy1 ev5 pot5tially4 ,a fecundat$ female aft] pass+ ! w9t]1 con/ructs1 by h]self1 ! fir/ f\ndations ( a ne/1 lays ! eggs1 f :i* sexless individuals are born2 ^! work]s !n assume all mat]ial lab\rs1 f9i% ! ne/1 wat* ! l>v :i* ! female cont9ues to produce4 ,^! are n[ males & females3 aft] c\pl+ ! males die1 !n ! work]s1 ! females become languid1 ^? :o survive w f\nd z _m new tribes4 ,! g5]ation ( bumble-bees is m curi\s1 ! diff]5tiation ( ca/es m complicat$4 ,!re are among !m1 males1 work]s1 small females1 great females4 ,a great female1 hav+ pass$ ! w9t]1 f\nds a ne/ 9 ! e>?1 (t5 9 moss 7!re is a sort call$ ! moss bee71 %e con/ructs a wax comb1 lays4 ,f ! fir/ eggs come work]s :o1 z 9 wasps1 con/ruct ! def9itive ne/1 pillage1 make honey1 & be+ m indu/ri\s ?an ! o!r sort ( bees :o fe> dampness1 !y sc\r ! c\ntry long aft] sunset4 ,aft] ! work]s1 ! little females see light2 !y h no function save lay+1 )\t fecundation1 ! eggs :i* w hat* male4 ,simultane\sly ! que5 produces great females :o w soon c\ple ) ! males4 ,!n1 z ) wasps1 all ! colony dies except ! fecundat$ great females1 by :om ! cycle w recomm5ce1 ! foll[+ spr+4 ,!re are ?ree ca/s ( ants1 or f\r if "o c\nt1 ! division ( neut]s into work]s & fight]s1 z among t]mites4 ,"h1 z ) bees1 ! neut]s are ! base ( ! republic1 ! males die aft] mat+1 ! females aft] lay+4 ,!re are1 says ,m4 ,janet 7,re*]*es sur l'anatomie de la f\rmi7 work]s s diff]5t f ! o!rs1 9 ! developm5t ( _! m&ibles & ! l>g5ess ( _! heads t "o calls !m soldi]s1 a "n accord+ ) ! rle !y fill 9 ! colony4 ,^! soldi]s are also but*]s1 :o cut up prey :i* is too l>ge or dang]\s4 ,specialization is ! only sup]iority ( ! neut]s :o = ! re/ seem inf]ior to ! females & to ! males 9 size1 muscl+ & visual organs4 ,! females are sometimes half z l>ge aga9 z ! neut]s1 ! males be+ betwe5 ! two sizes4 ,! ant %[s mu* m intellig5ce ?an ! bee4 ,be=e ?is t9y p "o seems really to t\* humanity4 ,consid] t ! ants h slaves1 & dome/ic animals4 ,fir/ ! plant lice1 pref]ably ^? :o live on roots1 &1 at ne$1 ^? ( ! rose-bu%1 :o are milk$1 & :o p]mit x1 subject$ by long h]$ity4 ,aphis =mic>um vacca1 says ,l9nu briefly 7beetle ! ants' c[74 ,b w&]+ h]ds are n en\gh = !m1 !y keep 9 ! int]ior ( _! ant-hills1 colonies ( slave plant-lice1 ( dome/icat$ /aphyl9s4 ,! /aphyl9s are small coleopt]a ) mobile abdom51 "o ( _! species is only f\nd among ants4 ,!y are dome/icat$ to ! po9t ( no long] be+ able to fe$ !mselves3 ! ants /uff ! necess>y food into _! m\?s4 ,9 return ! /aphyl9s furni% _! ma/]s a rev5ue analog\s to t :i* !y get f ! plant-lice3 f ! bun* ( hairs ris+ at ! base ( _! abdom5 !y seem to exude a delectable liquor1 at lea/ "o sees ! ants suck ^! hairs ) great eag]ness4 ,^! animals p]mit x4 ,!y are s mu* at home1 t ! same obs]v] 7,mull]1 traduit p> ,brull1 dans le ,dictionnaire d'hi/oire naturelle de ,gur91 au mot ,pselaphi5s7 has se5 !m c\pl+ )\t fe> 9 ! mid/ ( ! busy ant p1 ! male hun*$ on ! back ( ! female1 solidly cramm$ aga9/ ! melliflu\s tuft ( ant's delicacies4 ,"o kn[s t ! r$ ants make w> on ! black ants & /eal _! nymphs1 :o1 reta9$ 9 captivity1 make !m excell5t dome/ics1 att5tive & ob$i5t4 ,:ite humanity also1 at "o po9t 9 its hi/ory1 f\nd itself fac$ ) a l opportunity1 b less prud5t ?an ! r$ ant1 x let x pass1 f s5tim5talism1 ?us betray+ its de/9y1 r5\nc+1 "u ,*ri/ian inspiration1 ! complete & logical developm5t ( its civilization4 ,is x n amus+ t slav]y is pres5t$ to u z anti-natural1 :5 x is on ! contr>y1 normal & excessively natural to ! mo/ intellig5t ( animals8 ,& 9 an ord] ( ideas m closely relat$ to ! subject ( ?is book1 if ! mak+ neut] ( a "p ( ! population1 plac+ !m 9 ca/es v[$ to cont95ce1 is an anti-natural attempt1 h[ is x t social hym5opt]a1 ants1 bees1 bumble-bees1 & t]mites among neuropt]a1 h manag$ x s well1 & h made x ! basis ( _! social /ate8 ,d\btless !re is no?+ l x among animals2 b mammals1 ap>t f man1 t mon/]1 ev5 includ+ beav]s1 are inf9itely inf]ior to insects4 ,if ! habits ( social birds 7= !re are su*7 7 bett] kn[n1 "o might f9d analog\s practices among !m4 ,! sexual co-op]ation ( all ! memb]s ( a p be+ useless s f> z ! cons]vation ( ! race is conc]n$2 & on ! o!r h& inf]ior species liv+ z neighb\rs to a sup]ior species be+ de/9$ to disappe>1 slav]y is good = ! inf]iors z x assures !m p]petuity & a sort ( evolution suit$ to _! feebl5ess4 ,a little br[n ant1 ! an]gates1 hav+ no work]s e/abli%es itself z p>asite 9 an ant-hill & gets itself s]v$ by work]s ( ano!r species 9 ord] to live4 ,:at +5uity ( ! sex$1 :at docility ( ! sexless6 ,! work] ants are cle>ly deg5]ate females1 among :om sexual s5sibility has be5 completely trans=m$ into mat]nal s5sibility4 ,"o obs]ves1 moreov]1 9 _m species an int]m$iate type ( woman-work]1 :o gives ! key to ?is evolution4 ,"o %\ld note t aft] fecundation ! females d n all re-ent] ! city2 :]e !y fall1 !y build1 z "m-bumble-bees1 a provisory ne/1 act+ !n l work]s1 & await ! fir/ egg-lay+1 :i* w produce exclusively real work]s & w !reby p]mit ! normal con/ruction ( ! new ant-hill4 ,!re are among ants1 z among butt]flies1 h]maphrodites along ! m$ial l9e1 or sometimes along an oblique l9e3 ?is gives absurd creatures1 half "o ?+1 half ! o!r1 or s+ul>ities su* z a female ) a work]'s _h :o functions z a work]4#b ,polygamy by massacre ( males1 z among h]bivora1 & gall9ace seems a /ep t[>d a m logical & m economic di/ribution ( ! sexes4 ,if antelopes p]petuate !mselves v well ) "o male to an hundr$ females1 is x n an indication t a "p at lea/ ( ! sacrific$ males might h disp5s$ ) be+ born8 ,& w\ld x n be bett]1 9 ! int]e/ ( ! antelopes1 t a "p ( ^! males1 if !y ought to cont9ue to be bora1 %\ld be normally sexless1 z ) t]mites1 & entru/$ ) "s social duty8 ,! organization ( t]mites is v pretty2 x w d to f9i% (f ?is brief review ( animal societies f\nd$ on ! unsex+ ( sexes4 ,"o has already not$1 9 ! *apt]s on dimorphism1 ! div]sity ( sexual =ms1 correspond+ to f\r q di/9ct ca/es4 ,! m9ute exam9ation ( "o ( _! republics p]mits "o to ass]t diff]5tiations mu* m num]\s1 = ea* ( ! pr9cipal ca/es passes ?r\gh active l>val & nymphal =ms1 adolesc5t =ms1 su* z mo/ neuropt]a & libellules also pres5t4 ,9 tak+ c\nt ( all ! nuances "o may obs]ve 9 a /ate 7to use ! famili> ^w7 ( t]mites fifte5 diff]5t =ms1 all ) m>k$ *>act]i/ics4 ,! pr9cipal are3 #a4 ,work]s1 #b4 ,soldi]s1 #c4 ,small males1 #d4 ,small females1 #e4 ,l>ge males1 #f4 ,l>ge females1 #g4 ,nymphs ) little cases1 #h4 ,nymphs ) long cases1 #i4 ,l>v4 ,:5 "o attacks an ant hill1 ! soldi]s arrive at ! brea*1 v ?reat5+1 odd1 ) _! bodies all head1 all m&ibles4 ,! enemy r\t$1 ! work]s come to repair ! damage4 ,!re are sometimes sev]al female egg-lay]s2 sometimes !re is only "o male3 copulation always takes place outside ! hill1 & z ) ants1 ! males p]i%1 :ile ! fecundat$ females become ! orig9 ( a new /ate4 ,! exp$itions ( travell+ t]mites1 common z fight+ t]mites 9 ,s\? ,africa1 are naturally direct$ by soldi]s4 ,sp>mann 7cit$ 9 ,gur9's ,dictionnaire d'hi/oire naturelle7 obs]v$ !m dur+ 8 voyage to ! ,cape1 & says !y behave r z non-coms 9 close rank1 or climb+ onto grass blades1 wat* ! defile1 beat+ ) _! feet1 if ! ord] 7 bad1 or too sl[4 ,! signal is at once und]/ood1 & obey$ by ! rank at once1 is answ]$ by a :i/le4 ,!re is 9 ?is some?+ s m>vell\s t "o hesitates to accept ! travell]'s int]pretation 9 entirety4 ,x is n ! spontane\s & me*anical discipl9e ( ! ants1 b ! cons5t+ ob$i5ce1 s difficult to obta9 f inf]ior humanities4 ,aft] all1 no?+ is impossible1 & )\t be+ cr$ul\s 9 ^! matt]s1 "o ne$ be a/oni%$ at no?+4 ,nevropt]a are1 moreov]1 exce$+ old on ! e>?2 !y date f be=e ! coal-b$s3 _! civilization is "s ?\s&s ( c5turies old] ?an human civilizations4 ,beav]s are ! only mammals1 man except$1 ^: indu/ry indicates an intellig5ce ne> t ( insects4 ,b _! societies (f] no complication1 !y are a simple gr\p+ ( c\ples4 ,!y d n con/ruct _! dams until ! females h be5 deliv]$1 ?is happ5s t[>d ! end ( ,july1 "o sees no o!r connection betwe5 _! sexual habits & _! rem>kable works4 ,^! enorm\s trees fell$ & made to lie :]e int5d$1 ^! piles /uck 9 ! riv]-b$ & int]b\nd ) twi/$ bran*es1 ^! imp]meable dams1 all ?is h>d & complicat$ "w1 ! beav] accepts :5 pu%$ by necessity4 ,he ne$s an artificial lake ) unv>y+ dep?2 if he f9ds "o made by nature1 he accepts x1 & limits himself to erect+ 8 regul> huts4 ,?us osmies1 *alicodomes1 or xylocopes1--or m51 if !y f9d by *ance a ne/ prep>$1 ha/5 to pr(it by x4 ,! in/9ct ( con/ruction is by no means bl9d2 x is a faculty :i* w n be employ$ v (t5 save 9 extremity3 ! pres5t inhabitant ( ! ,loire valley /ill arranges ! caves = dome/ic use4 ,to its injury1 b ( t x kn[s no?+1 ! bee pr(its by ! artificial combs slid into its hive4 ,! ,rhone beav] has re/$ ev] s9ce m5 erect$ su* excell5t dams !re4 ,! fairy palace :i* rises 9 mid =e/ = ! rubb+ ( a r+ is ! human1 & animal1 ideal4 ,i mu/ dose ^! obs]vations on natural societies1 9 po9t+ out t if !y are today bas$ on some?+ q diff]5t f polygamy1 x seems likely t !y 7 9 orig9 societies ei!r ( polygamy or ( sexual communism4 ,if "o />ts f communism "o w v soon evolve ei!r t[>d ! c\ple1 or t[>d polygamy1 if x is a matt] ( mammals2 or t[>d sexual neutralization if x is a matt] ( insects4 ,! c\ple1 polygamy1 neutralization are me?ods2 sexual communism is n a me?od1 & = t reason "o mu/ consid] x z ! *aos f :i* ord] has little by little em]g$4 #a ,bi55zeitung 7,gazette des ,abeilles7 janvi]1 #ahej4 #b ,e4 ,ramb]t1 aft] ,a4 ,=el1 les ,murs des f\rmis 7,biblio?que univ]selle1 tome ,,lv74 ,,*apt] ,,xviii ,,! ,,"q ,,( ,,ab]rations ,two sorts ( sexual ab]ration4--,sexual ab]rations ( animals4--,^? ( m54--,cross+ ( species4--,*a/ity4--,mode/y4--,v>ieties & localizations ( sexual ba%fulness4--,artificial creation ( mode/y4--,sort ( mode/y natural to all females4--,cruelty4--,picture ( c>nage4--,! cricket eat5 alive4--,habits ( c>abes4--,e liv+ creature is a prey4--,necessity to kill or to be kill$4 ,sexual ab]rations are ( two sorts4 ,! cause ( ! error is int]nal1 or ext]nal4 ,! fl[] ( ! arum muscivorum 7fly-cat*+ arum7 by its cadav]\s od\r attracts flies 9 se>* ( rott+ fle% 9 :i* to lay _! eggs4 ,s*op5hau] has support$ by ?is1 or analog\s1 fact a !ory j1 b some:at summ>y1 ( ab]ration f ext]nal cause4 ,ab]ration f int]nal cause is sometimes expla9$ by ! /atem5t t ! same art]ies irrigate & ! same n]ves animate ! region ( ! sacrum1 ant]ior & po/]ior2 ! excretal canals be+ always ne> ea* o!r1 & sometimes common1 at lea/ = "p ( _! l5g?4 ,"o has spok5 s]i\sly ( ! drake's sodomy1 b anatomy refuses to und]/& x4 ,:e!r a drake frequ5ts ano!r drake or a duck1 he addresses himself 9 bo? cases to ! s+le door ( a ve/ibule into :i* all excretions are p\r$4 ,d\btless ! drake is ab]rat$1 & 8 accomplice /ill m s1 b nature des]ves "p ( ! blame4 ,9 g5]al1 animal ab]rations require v simple explanations4 ,!re is a ke5 desire1 & v urg5t ne$1 :i* if unsatisfi$ produces an inquietude1 :i* may augm5t until a sort ( mom5t>y madness takes hold ( ! animal1 & ?r[s x bl9dly ^u all sorts ( illusions4 ,?is may g1 d\btless1 to ! po9t ( halluc9ation4 ,!re is also a ne$1 purely muscul>1 ( at lea/ sket*+ 9 ! sexual act1 ei!r passive or active2 "o sees1 by s+ul> inv]sion1 c[s 9 heat m\nt+ ea* o!r1 p]haps ) ! idea ( excit+ ! male1 or p]haps ! visual repres5tation :i* !y make !mselves ( ! desir$ act1 =ces !m to try an imitation3 x is a m>vell\s example1 because x is absurd1 ( ! motor =ce ( images4 ,!re are two p>ts 9 ! sexual act2 t ( ! specie1 & t ( ! individual2 b t ( ! specie is only giv5 x by means ( ! individual4 ,9 relation to ! male 9 rut1 x is a "q ( a v simple natural ne$4 ,he mu/ empty 8 sp]matic canals3 lack+ females !y say ! /ag rubs 8 prong on trees to provoke ejaculation4 ,bit*es 9 heat rub _! vulva on ! gr\nd4 ,su* are ! rudim5ts ( onanism1 sudd5ly c>ri$ by primates to su* a high degree ( p]fection4 ,"o has se5 male can?>ides1 !mselves ridd51 rid+ o!r males2 ! argule1 a small cru/acean p>asite ( fre%-wat] fi%1 is s ard5t t he (t5 addresses himself to o!r males1 or to gravid or ev5 dead females4 ,f ! microscopic bea/s to man1 ab]ration is ev]y:]e2 b "o %\ld1 r1 call x1 at lea/ among animals1 impati5ce4 ,animals are by no means m]e ma*9es1 !y1 z well z m51 are capable ( imag9ations1 !y dream1 !y h illusions1 !y are subject to desires ^: s\rce is 9 ! int]ior movem5t ( _! organism4 ,! sight or od\r ( a female ov]-excites ! male2 b f> f any female1 ! logic ( ! vital movem5t suffices p]fectly to put !m 9 a /ate ( rut2 x is absolutely ! same ) females4 ,if ! /ate ( rut1 & if ! s5sibilization ( ! g5ital p>ts is e/abli%$ f> f necess>y sex1 we h "h a natural cause ( ab]ration1 = x is ?is special s5sibility :i* mu/ be us$3 ! fir/ simulacrum1 or ev5 ! fir/ propiti\s ob/acle w be ! adv]s>y aga9/ :i* ! exasp]at$ animal ex]cises ! en]gy by :i* he is torm5t$4 ,"o may apply ! g5]al pr9ciples ( ?is psy*ology to man1 b on condition t we d n =get t man's g5ital s5sibility is apt to be awak5$ at any mom5t1 & t = him ! causes ( ab]ration are multipli$ ad inf9itum4 ,!re w\ld be extremely few ab]rat$ m5 & wom5 if moral cu/oms p]mitt$ a q simple satisfaction ( sexual ne$s1 if x 7 possible = ! two sexes to meet always at ! opportune mom5t4 ,!re w\ld rema9 ab]rations ( anatomical ord]2 !y w\ld be less frequ5t & less tyrannic1 if our cu/oms1 in/ead ( contriv+ ways to make sexual relations v difficult1 %\ld fav\r !m4 ,b ?is eas9ess is only possible1 9 promiscuity1 :i* is possibly a worse ill ?an ab]ration4 ,?us all que/ions are insoluble1 & "o c only improve nature by disorganiz+ h]4 ,human ord] is (t5 a disord] worse ?an spontane\s disord]1 because x is a =c$ & premature f9ality1 an inopportune turn+ ( ! vital riv] out ( its c\rse4 ,sexual selection is probably n a s\rce ( v>iation 7i4 e41 ( type72 its rle is1 on ! contr>y1 to keep ! specie 9 /atu quo4 ,! causes ( v>iation are probably *anges ( climate1 ! nature ( ! soil1 ! g5]al milieu1 & also disease1 ! tr\bles ( blood & n]ve circulation--p]haps c]ta9 sexual ab]rations4 ,i say1 p]haps1 = ! cross-bre$+ betwe5 individuals ( diff]5t species1 liv+ 9 lib]ty1 seems difficult1 z soon z ! species is really some?+ diff]5t f a v>iety 9 evolution1 a =m /ill seek+ itself4 ,at t /age any?+ is possible2 b "o is speak+ ( species 7i4e41 set species74 ,mules1 b>dots1 leporides are artificial products2 "o has nev] f\nd !m 9 free nature4 ,x is v difficult to obta9 ! copulation ( a h>e & %e-rabbit2 ! %e-rabbit is refractory & ! h>e lack+ en?usiasm4 ,! m>e v (t5 refuses ! ass2 if %e turns h] head at ! mom5t ( 8 m\nt+1 "o has to b&age h] eyes to ov]come h] disgu/2 x is ! same ) ! %e-ass :om "o (f]s a /allion = produc+ ! b>dot4 ,z = ! product ( bull & m>e1 ! celebrat$ jum>t is a *imra3 comp>ison ( ! meagre prong ( ! bull to ! massive "o ( ! /allion is en\gh to conv9ce "o t su* dissimil> in/rum5ts c n replace ea* o!r4 ,nev]!less x w\ld be imprud5t :olly to rule out ?is =m ( sexual ab]ration f ! causes ( v>iability ( species4 ,t is p]haps "o ( its ju/ifications4 ,( all sexual ab]rations p]haps ! mo/ curi\s is *a/ity4 ,n t x is anti-natural1 no?+ is anti-natural1 b because ( ! pretexts x obeys4 ,bees1 ants1 t]mites1 pres5t examples ( p]fect *a/ity1 b ( *a/ity t is utiliz$1 social *a/ity4 ,involunt>y1 cong5ital1 ! neut] /ate among insects is a /ate de facto1 equival5t to ! sexual /ate1 & ! orig9 ( a *>act]iz$ activity4 ,9 humans x is a /ate1 (t5 only app>5t or transitory1 obta9$ volunt>ily or dem&$ by necessity1 a prec>i\s condition1 s difficult to ma9ta9 t p h heap$ up ab\t x all sorts ( moral & religi\s walls1 & ev5 real walls made ( /ones & mort>4 ,p]man5t & volunt>y *a/ity is ne>ly always a religi\s practice4 ,m51 9 all ages1 h be5 p]suad$ t p]fection ( be+ 0 only obta9able by su* r5unciation4 ,?is seems absurd2 x is1 on ! contr>y1 v direct logic4 ,! only means ( n be+ an animal is to ab/a9 f ! act to :i* all animals )\t exception deliv] !mselves4 ,x is ! same motive t has made p imag9e ab/95ce1 fa/+2 b z "o c n live )\t eat+1 & z "o c live )\t mak+ love1 ?is second me?od ( p]fectionm5t has rema9$ 9 ! /ate ( outl9e4 ,x is true1 asceticism1 ( :i* humanity alone is capable1 is "o ( ! means :i* may lift u above animality2 b by itself x is insuffici5t to d ?is2 by itself x is good = no?+1 save p]haps to excite /]ile pride2 "o mu/ add to x an active ex]cise ( ! intellig5ce4 ,x rema9s to "k :e!r asceticism1 :i* deprives ! s5sibility ( "o ( its heal?ie/ & mo/ /imulat+ nutrim5ts is fav\rable to ! ex]cise ( ! intellig5ce4 ,z x is n ! lea/ necess>y to answ] ?is "q "h1 we w say no?+ save ?is1 provisorily3 "o ne$ n scorn *a/ity nor disda9 asceticism4 ,is mode/y an ab]ration8 ,indulg5t obs]v]s h believ$ t !y notic$ x 9 elephants z well z 9 rabbits4 ,! mode/y ( ! elephant is a popul> maxim :i* makes "r-m9d$ wom5 ca/ %eep's eyes1 9 circuses1 at ! great bea/ :o hides = h] am\rs4 ,dur+ copulation1 says a celebrat$ rabbit-rais]#a ! male & female %\ld be alone1 9 demi-obscurity4 ,?is solitude & obscurity are m necess>y 9 view ( ! fact t c]ta9 females %[ signs ( mode/y4 ,! mode/y ( animals is a fancy4 ,l mode/y among humans1 x is m]ely ! mask ( fe>1 ! cry/allization ( timor\s habits1 necessitat$ by ! animals be+ un>m$ dur+ c\pl+4 ,?is is v well kn[n & ne$s no explanation4 ,b ! ne$ ( reproduction is s tyrannic t1 ev5 among ! mo/ timid animals1 x does n always leave !m pres5ce ( m9d en\gh to hide !mselves dur+ ! am\r4 ,! mo/ dome/icat$ ( animals1 "o kn[s x only too well1 %[s at ?is mom5t nei!r fe> nor %ame4 ,9 man1 among ! civiliz$ & among ! unciviliz$1 sexual fe>1 %ame1 has tak5 a ?\s& =ms :i*1 = ! mo/ "p1 seem to h no long] any relation to ! orig9al feel+ :5ce !y are d]iv$4 ,"o notices h[ev] t if ! milieu :]e ! c\ple f9ds itself is su* t no attack1 no ridicule is to be fe>$1 %ame vani%es1 9 "p1 or entirely1 accord+ to ! degree ( security1 & ! degree ( excitem5t4 ,= a cr[d ( populace on a fete night !re is h>dly any mode/y save legal mode/y2 ! example ( "o bold] c\ple is en\gh1 if !re is no au?ority to be fe>$1 to set loose all ! appetites1 & "o !n sees cle>ly t man :o does n hide 9 ord] to eat1 only hides to make love "u pressure ( usage4 ,f ! g5ital act1 mode/y is /ret*$ ov] ! ext]ior sexual organs by a me*anism v simple & v logical4 ,b "h1 ,i ?9k1 "o mu/ di/+ui% betwe5 g5ital mode/y br$ f ! cu/om ( clo?+ ! :ole body1 & t :i* has l$ m5 to cov] only a p>ticul> "p4 ,heat1 cold1 ra91 insects expla9 clo?+1 b n ! savage's cotton draw]s or ! fig leaf2 especially :5 ! leaf1 impos$ on m>ri$ wom51 = example1 is =bidd5 to virg9s1 or :5 ?is symbolic leaf is s r$uc$ t x s]ves no purpose1 save t ( a sign4 ,9 ?is la/ case1 x has n ev5 any direct relation to g5ital mode/y2 x is only a matrimonial ornam5t1 analog\s to ! r+ or ! coll>1 a sign1 inde$ indicat+ a condition4 ,x is possible also1 t among c]ta9 peoples :]e ! m5 g entirely nak$1 ! wom5 we> an apron m]ely to keep (f flies1 gad-flies1 r z a peasant drapes 8 horse's muzzle ) grass & leaves4 ,q (t51 h[ev]1 "o is =c$ to recognize 9 ^! cu/oms1 ! pro( ( a p>ticul> g5ital s5sibility1 analog\s to civiliz$ mode/y4 ,an ,engli% sailor1 at ! "t ( ! fir/ explorations got himself reject$ by ! ,maori wom5 n because he appe>$ )\t clo?+1 a /ate :i* cu/om requir$1 b because he appe>$ ) 8 organ un%ea!d4 ,?is detail %ock$ !m extremely4 ,a curi\s example ( ! localization ( %ame3 all p>ts ( ! body c\ld & %\ld %[ !mselves1 all save ?is small surface4 ,on reflection1 ! mode/y ( ,europeans at a ball or on ! bea* is almo/ z absurd z t ( ! ,maoris1 or z t ( ! fellahe5 wom5 :o at ! approa* ( a /rang] remove _! %irts1 _! sole g>m5ts1 9 ord] to cov] _! faces4 ,sexual mode/y1 z "o obs]ves x today1 among ! mo/ v>i\s peoples1 is utt]ly artificial4 ,liv+/one assures u t he develop$ mode/y 9 little ,kaffir girls by clo?+ !m4 ,surpris$ 9 neglige1 !y cov]$ _! brea/s--& ?is 9 a race :]e ! wom5 g :olly nak$1 save = a /r+ r\nd ! middle1 f :i* ano!r /r+ hangs4 ,clo?+ is only "o ( ! causes ( mode/y1 or ( cu/oms :i* give u ! illusion ( x1 & ! s5tim5t ( fe> associat$ ) ! sexual act does n expla9 all ! re/4 ,!re is a %ame p>ticul> to ! female1 an ensemble ( movem5ts1 :i* "o c assimilate to no?+1 :i* "o c atta* to no?+4 ,! ge/ure ( ,v5us mode/ is n purely a woman's ge/ure2 ne>ly all females1 especially mammif]s1 h x2 ! female1 :o refuses1 l[]s h] tail & clamps x betwe5 h] legs2 !re is "h1 evid5tly1 ! orig9 ( "o ( ! p>ticul> =ms ( mode/y4 ,we h giv5 *>act]i/ic examples 9 an e>li] *apt]4 ,man is un-get-at-able2 ! slighte/ ( 8 habitual s5tim5ts has multiple & contradictory roots 9 a s5sibility v>iable & always excessive4 ,he is ! lea/ pois$ & ! lea/ reasonable ( all animals1 al?\gh ! only "o :o has be5 able to con/ruct = himself an idea ( reason2 he is an animal lunatic1 t is to say "o :o fl[s out on all sides1 :o unravels ev]y?+ 9 !ory1 & tangles up ev]y?+ 9 fact1 :o desires & wills s _m ?+s1 :o ?r[s 8 muscles into s _m div]s activities t 8 acts are at once ! mo/ s5sible & ! mo/ absurd1 ! mo/ con=m+ & ! mo/ oppos$ to ! logical developm5t ( life4 ,b he pr(its ev5 by error1 especially by ! error fatal to all animals1 & t con/itutes 8 orig9ality1 z ,pascal not$1 & z ,nietzs*e repeats4 ,if ! ^w mode/y 7pudeur7 is n exact1 :5 appli$ to animals1 al?\gh "o f9ds 9 _! habits ! di/ant orig9 ( ?is complex & ref9$ s5tim5t1 ! ^w cruelty1 is n s ei!r1 :5 appli$ to _! natural acts ( def5ce or nutrition4 ,human cruelty is (t5 an ab]ration2 ! cruelty ( bea/s is a necessity1 a normal fact1 (t5 ! v condition ( _! exi/5ce4 ,an an>*i/ philosoph]1 ard5t & naive disciple ( ,jean-,jacques believ$ t he trac$ an univ]sal altruism 9 nature2 he has r$one ) o!r words & ano!r _s1 & a few new examples1 ! infantile works ( ,b]n>d9 de ,sa9t-,pi]re1 & has abus$1 "u pretext ( incl9+ mank9d to k9dness1 ! "r :i* "o has to prom5ade ab\t nature )\t see+ & )\t und]/&+ h]4 ,nature is nei!r good1 nor evil1 nor altrui/1 nor egoi/2 %e is an ensemble ( =ces :]e( none c$es save "u sup]ior pressure4 ,h] consci5ce is t ( a balance2 be+ ( a p]fect indiff]5ce1 x is ( an absolute equity4 ,b ! s5sibility ( a balance is ( a s+le ord]1 s+le dim5sion2 ! s5sibility ( nature is inf9ite1 to all actions & reactions4 ,:e!r ! /rong dev\r ! weak1 or ! weak ! /rong1 !re is no comp5sation save 9 our human illusion2 9 reality "o life is enl>g$ at ! exp5se ( ano!r life1 9 "o case z 9 ! o!r1 ! total en]gy has be5 nei!r dim9i%$ nor augm5t$4 ,!re is nei!r /rong1 nor weak1 !re is a level :i* t5ds to rema9 con/ant4 ,our s5tim5talism makes u see dramas :]e no?+ occurs m di/urb+ ?an ! g5]al facts ( nutrition4 ,"o may h[ev] look at ^! facts a little m closely1 & !n ! p>ity ( animal organism & ! human organism w lead u to qualify z cruel1 c]ta9 acts :i* w\ld des]ve ?is title if committ$ by man4 ,"o mu/ say cruelty 9 ord] to und]/& x oneself2 x is also necess>y to rememb] t ?is cruelty is unconsci\s1 t x is n felt by ! dev\r+ animal1 t no elem5t ( ill-w ent]s into its act1 & t man himself1 ! judge1 9 no way deprives himself ( eat+ live creatures :5 !y are bett] raw ?an cook$1 liv+ ?an dead4 ,a philan!1 sort ( wasp1 cat*es a bee to fe$ its l>v2 :ile c>ry+ ! prey to 8 ne/1 he presses ! belly1 sucks ! bee1 empties x ( all its honey4 ,b at ! entrance ( ! ne/ a mantis is wait+1 its d\ble-saw ( an arm is unfold$1 ! philan! is nipp$ 9 pass+4 ,& "o sees ! mantis gnaw+ ! belly ( ! philan! :ile ! philan! cont9ues suck+ ! bee's belly4 ,& ! mantis is s voraci\s t y c cut h] 9 two )\t mak+ h] let g2 a *a91 truly1 ( c>nage4 ,! l>v ( ! sphex1 ano!r wasp1 are f$ on live crickets t h be5 p>alyz$ by a /ab4 ,z soon z x hat*es ! l>va attacks ! cricket 9 ! belly at ! *os5 spot :]e ! egg has be5 lay$4 ,! poor insect prote/s by feeble movem5ts ( ant5n1 & m&ibles3 9 va92 he is eat5 alive1 fibre by fibre1 by a great worm :i* gnaws 8 entrails1 & ) s great a skill t x beg9s on ! p>ts n ess5tial to life1 & ?us keeps ! prey fre% & ta/y to ! la/4 ,su* is ! g5tl5ess ( nature1 ! good "m4 ,! c>abes are f9e coleopt]a1 violet1 purple1 & gold54 ,!y fe$ only on liv+ prey1 :i* !y *ew sl[ly1 beg9n+ at ! belly1 & bor+ sl[ly into ! palpitat+ cavity4 ,helices1 & slugs are ?us tom ap>t by b&s ( c>abes :o dig !m up & dissect !m 9 a boil+ ( saliva4 ,su* are !ft & murd]1 9 nature4 ,^! are ! normal acts4 ,h]bivor\s species alone are innoc5t p]haps f imbecility2 always occupi$ 9 eat+1 because _! food is s unsub/antial1 !y h n "t to develop _! p[]s3 !y are ! inevitable prey1 a sort ( sup]ior grass :i* w be br[s$ at ! fir/ opportunity4 ,b ! c>nivora are 9 ! same way eat5 by _! /rong] & m adroit fell[-bo>d]s4 ,v few bea/s h a quiet dea?4 ,! geotrupes1 sc>abs1 necrophores _! "w f9i%$1 ! egg-lay+ accompli%$1 dev\r ea* o!r to pass ! "t1 p]haps1 to l5d a little gaiety to _! la/ mom5ts4 ,animals are ( b two sorts1 hunt]s & game1 b !re is sc>cely a hunt] :o is n game 9 8 turn4 ,"o does n f9d 9 nature ! purely human inv5tion ( bre$+ = slaught]1 or ! m extraord9>y "o ( bre$+ = hunt+4 ,ants "k h[ to milk _! c[s1 ! plant-lice1 or _! goats ! /aphyl9s2 !y d n "k h[ to fatt5 !m & to slit _! gullets4 ,a hundr$ o!r signs ( animal cruelty are scatt]$ ?r\gh ?is book4 ,"o may collect _m o!rs1 & ?is might =m a "w edify+ 9 ?is era ( s5tim5talism4 ,n because "o wi%es--q ! contr>y--to (f] !m to m5 z s _m examples2 b because ?is might tea* !m t ! fir/ duty ( a liv+ be+ is to live1 & t all life is no?+ b a sum suffici5t ( murd]s4 ,m5 or tig]s1 sphex or c>abes are "u ! same necessity3 to kill or to die1 or to %$ blood or eat grass4 ,b to eat grass1 is n mu* bett] ?an suicide3 ask ! lambk9s4 #a ,m>iot-,didieux1 ,guide pratique de l'ducateur de lap9s4 ,biblio?que des pr(essions indu/rielles et agricoles1 srie ,h4 ,no4 #ag4 ,,*apt] ,,xix ,,in/9ct ,in/9ct4--,c "o oppose x to intellig5ce8--,in/9ct 9 man4--,primordiality ( intellig5ce4--,in/9ct's cons]vative rle4--,modify+ rle ( intellig5ce4--,intellig5ce & consci\sness4--,p>ity ( animal & human in/9ct4--,me*anical "* ( ! in/9ctive act4--,in/9ct modifi$ by intellig5ce4--,habit ( "w creates useless "w4--,objections to ! id5tification ( in/9ct & intellig5ce tak5 f life ( insects4 ,! "q ( in/9ct is p]haps ! mo/ n]ve-rack+ !re is4 ,simple m9ds ?9k !y h solv$ x :5 !y h set aga9/ ?is ^w ! o!r ^w3 intellig5ce4 ,t is m]ely ! elem5t>y position ( ! problem4 ,n only does x expla9 no?+1 b x opposes all explanations4 ,if in/9ct & intellig5ce are n ph5om5a ( ! same ord]1 r$ucible "o to ! o!r1 ! problem is insoluble & we w nev] "k :at in/9ct is1 nor :at is intellig5ce4 ,9 ! vulg> contra/ "o ov]he>s ! consid]able naivete t animals h in/9ct & man1 intellig5ce4 ,?is error1 pure rhetoric1 has prev5t$1 up to ! pres5t1 n ! answ] to ! "q :i* /ill seems a long way (f1 b ! sci5tific exposure ( ! "q itself4 ,x includes b two =mul3 ,ei!r in/9ct is a fructification ( intellig5ce2 or intellig5ce is an augm5tation ( in/9ct4 ,"o mu/ *oose1 & "k t 9 *oos+ "o makes1 z ! case may be1 ei!r in/9ct or intellig5ce1 ! se$ or fl[] ( a s+le plant3 ! s5sibility4 ,"o w fir/ e/abli% t = manife/ations ( in/9ct & = ^? ( intellig5ce1 !re is no ess5tial diff]5ce betwe5 man & animals4 ,! life ( all m51 q z well z t ( all animals1 is bas$ on in/9ct1 & d\btless !re is no animal :o c n give signs ( spontaneity1 t is to say1 ( intellig5ce4 ,in/9ct seems ant]ior because 9 all animals except man ! quantity & especially ! quality ( in/9ctive facts greatly surpasses ! value & numb] ( intellectual facts4 ,?is is s1 b 9 admitt+ ?is hi]>*y1 if "o !reby expla9 ) consid]able difficulty1 ! =mation ( intellig5ce 9 man & 9 ! animals :i* %[ m or less p]ceptible gleams ( x1 "o also r5\nces by s do+1 all lat] attempts t might furni% "s notions z to ! =mation ( in/9ct4 ,if ! bee makes 8 combs me*anically1 if ?is act is z necess>y z ! evaporation ( w>m$ wat]1 or ! cry/allization ( freez+ wat]1 x is useless to se>* any fur!r3 "o is 9 ! pres5ce ( a fact :i* w nev] yield any?+ else4 ,if1 on ! contr>y1 "o consid] intellig5ce z ant]ior1 ! field ( inve/igation /ret*es out to inf9ity & in/ead ( "o problem radically insoluble1 "o has a hundr$ ?\s& or m1 z _m z !re are animal species1 & ( ^! problems none is simple1 none absurd4 ,?is mann] ( look+ at x1 br+s1 ,i admit1 grave consequ5ces4 ,"o mu/ !n look at matt] z a simple allotropic =m ( intellig5ce1 or1 if y pref]1 consid] intellig5ce & matt] z equival5ts1 & admit t intellig5ce is m]ely matt] end[$ ) s5sibility1 & t its p[] ( extremely div]sify+ itself f9ds impassable limits 9 ! v =ms :i* clo! x4 ,in/9ct is ! pro( ( ^! limits4 ,:5 acts h become in/9ctive1 !y h become inv9cible4 ,a specie is a gr\p ( in/9cts ^: tyranny becomes1 "o day1 deaf to all attempts at movem5t4 ,evolution is limit$ by ! resi/ance ( :at is1 /riv+ aga9/ :at might be4 ,!re comes a mom5t :5 a specie is a mass too heavy to be mov$ by intellig5ce3 !n x rema9s 9 its place2 ?is is dea?1 b is comp5sat$ by ! /eady arrival ( o!r species2 new =ms assum$ by ! inexhau/ible ,proteus4 ,"o w add no?+1 "h1 to ?is !ory1 save a few facts fav\rable to x1 & a h&ful ( objections4 ,! old di/9ction betwe5 intellig5ce & in/9ct1 al?\gh false & sup]ficial1 may be adapt$ to ! views j abbreviat$4 ,we w attribute to in/9ct ! s]ies ( acts :i* t5d to cons]ve ! pres5t condition ( a specie2 & to intellig5ce1 ^? :i* t5d to modify t condition4 ,in/9ct w be slav]y1 subjection to cu/om2 intellig5ce w repres5t lib]ty1 t is to say1 *oice1 acts :i* :ile be+ necess>y1 s9ce !y occur1 h yet be5 det]m9$ by an ensemble ( causes ant]ior to ^? :i* gov]n in/9ct4 ,intellig5ce w be ! deep1 ! res]ve1 ! spr+ :i* aft] long digg+ em]ges betwe5 ! rocks4 ,9 ev]y?+ t intellig5ce sugge/s1 ! consci\sness ( ! species makes a dep>ture2 :at is useful is incorporat$ 9 in/9ct1 enl>g+ & div]sify+ x2 :at is useless p]i%es--or p]haps fl[]s 9 extravagances1 z x does 9 man1 9 danc+ & g>d5+ birds1 or ! magpies attract$ by a jewel1 l>ks by a mirror6 ,"o w !n call in/9ct1 ! s]ies ( useful aptitudes2 intellig5ce1 ! s]ies ( aptitudes de luxe3 b :at is useful1 :at useless8 ,:o w d>e br& a s]ies ( bird notes or a fem99e smile z lack+ utility8 ,!re is nei!r utility nor inutility unless !re be also f9ality4 ,b f9ality c n be consid]$ z an aim2 x is no?+ b a fact1 & "o :i* might be o!r4 ,?is utilization ( old t]ms1 if x 7 possible1 c\ld nev] be ! pretext = a new radical diff]5tiation betwe5 in/9ct & intellig5ce2 "o c\ld only use x to def9e by contra/ two /ates ^: manife/ations pres5t appreciable nuances4 ,! great objection to ! ess5tial id5tification ( in/9ct & intellig5ce comes f a habit ( m9d :i* spiriti/ic philosophy has = long impos$ ^u u3 in/9ct %\ld be unconsci\s1 intellig5ce1 consci\s4 ,b psy*ological analysis does n p]mit u rigor\sly to tie intellectual activity to consci\sness4 ,)\t consci\sness1 e ?+ might happ51 ev5 9 ! mo/ ?\ghtful man1 exactly z x does "u ! pat]nal eye ( ?is consci\sness4 ,9 ,m4 ,ribot's int]e/+ analogic comp>ison1 consci\sness is an int]n$ c&le light+ a clock-face2 x has ! same influ5ce on ! movem5t ( ! intellig5ce t ?is c&le has on ! clock4 ,x is difficult to "k :e!r animals h consci\sness1 & x is p]haps useless1 unless at lea/1 "o admit t ?is c&le1 by its lum9\s or calorific rays1 does1 z ,m4 ,f\ille tea*es1 affect ! m>* ( ! me*anism4 ,9 sum1 consci\sness also is a fact1 & no fact dies )\t consequ5ces2 !re are nei!r fir/ causes nor la/ causes4 ,9 any case "o w1 s9ce x is evid5t1 cl+ to "o /atem5t t ev5 if consci\sness is a possible reactive1 intellig5ce c act )\t x3 ! mo/ consci\s ( m5 h phases ( unconsci\s intellectuality2 long s]ies ( reasonable acts may be committ$ )\t _! reflection be+ visible 9 ! mirror1 )\t ! c&le be+ lit be=e ! clock4 ,9 brief1 x does n seem z if n]v\s matt] c\ld exi/ )\t intellig5ce or s5sibility2 b consci\sness is an extra4 ,!re is no ne$ to take c\nt ( ! old s*ola/ic objection to ! id5tification ( ! intellig5ce & ! in/9ct4 ,:at is !re s]i\s 9 ! o!r objection3 t man1 if he once _h in/9cts1 has lo/ !m8 ,! animal hav+ ! ri*e/ in/9cts ought also to h1 or to h _h1 ! ri*e/ intellig5ce4 ,& reciprocally3 intellectual activity supposes a greatly v>i$ in/9ctive activity1 ei!r 9 ! pres5t or 9 ! future4 ,if man h n in/9cts1 he ought to be 9 ! way ( mak+ !m4 ,he has num]\s in/9cts1 & makes m e day3 a "p ( 8 consci\sness is con/antly cry/alliz+ itself into in/9ctive acts4 ,b if "o consid] ! diff]5t in/9cts ( animal species "o w sc>cely f9d any :i* are n also human4 ,! great human activities are in/9ctive4 ,d\btless man may refra9 f build+ a palace1 b he c n disp5se ) a cab91 a ne/ 9 a cave1 or 9 ! =k ( a tree1 l ! great apes1 _m mammals1 birds1 & mo/ insects4 ,8 food dep5ds v little on *oice1 x mu/ conta9 c]ta9 indisp5sable elem5ts3 a necessity id5tical ) t :i* rules ! animals1 & ev5 ! plants ^: roots rea* d[n t[>d ! desir$ juice1 & ^: bran*es rea* t[>d ! light4 ,song1 dance1 /rife1 &1 = ! gr\p1 w>2 human in/9cts are n unkn[n to all animals4 ,! ta/e = brilliant ?+s1 ano!r human in/9ct is frequ5t en\gh 9 birds2 x is true t birds h n yet made any?+ ( x1 & t man has evolv$ ! sumptu>y arts4 ,!re rema9s love1 b ,i ?9k ?is supreme in/9ct is ! consecrat$ limit ( ! objections4 ,useful acts habitually repeat$ may become inv9cible1 l v]itable in/9ctive movem5ts4 ,a hunt]#a sp5d+ ! w9t] 9 an isolat$ cab9 9 ,canada engag$ an ,indian woman to keep h\se = him4 ,%e arrives 9 ! ev5+1 melts ! sn[1 beg9s to wa% up1 %ifts ev]y?+1 prev5ts 8 gett+ any sleep4 ,he rages4 ,sil5ce4 ,z soon z he is asleep1 ! woman me*anically beg9s to "w aga91 & s on1 until ! humble ,indian gets ! la/ ^w4 ,"h1 exactly z among insects1 "o has ! example ( "w :i* once begun mu/ g on until x is f9i%$4 ,! insect c n be int]rupt$2 if x is int]rupt$ by ext]nal cause x />ts "w aga9 n at ! po9t :]e x actually f9ds ! "w1 b at ! po9t :]e x1 ! insect1 left (f4 ,?us1 "o entirely remov$ ! ne/ :i* a *alicodome 0 build+ on a %+le2 ! bee returns1 f9ds no?+1 s9ce !re is no?+ to f9d1 b in/ead ( recomm5c+ ! build+1 cont9ues x4 ,!re 0 no?+ to be done b close ! hole2 ! bee closes x1 t is to say %e deposits ! la/ m\?ful ( mort> on ! ideal dome ( an abs5t ne/3 !n ) in/9ct satisfi$1 sure ( hav+ assur$ h] po/]ity1 %e retires1 %e goes to die4 ,"o c get ! same result ) ! plope1 & ) o!r build]s4 ,processional cat]pill>s are accu/om$ to make long trips 9 ,indian file on ! bran*es ( _! native p9e-tree1 9 se>* ( food3 if "o place !m on ! rim ( a bas9 !y w /upidly circulate = ?irty h\rs1 )\t "o ( !m hav+ ! idea ( int]rupt+ ! circle by go+ (f at a tang5t4 ,!y w die 9 _! track1 /uck fa/ 9 ob$i5ce2 :5 "o falls ano!r /eps into 8 place1 ! ranks close1 t is all4 ,"h are ! extremities ( in/9ct1 & to our great surprise !y are almo/ ! same 9 an ,indian ( ! great lakes & 9 a processional p9e cat]pill>4 ,b o!r cases ( animal's in/9ct jo9+ ) free intellig5ce1 give examples ( human sagacity4 ,we h se5 ^! same mason bees & xylocopes & dome/ic bees pr(it eag]ly by a ne/ ready made1 by a hole bor$ 9 wood1 by artificial combs set ready to take _! honey2 ! osmies1 :o lay 9 ! /alks ( cut re$s1 9 :i* !y arrange a s]ies ( *amb]s1 accommodat$ !mselves "u ,fabre's guidance 9 glass tubes :i* p]mitt$ ! great obs]v] to "k !m intimately4 ,in/9ct is by turns z /upid z a ma*9e & z intellig5t z a bra92 ^! two extremes %\ld correspond ) v anci5t & v rec5t habits4 ,x is c]ta9ly b a relatively %ort "t s9ce ! peasant's prun+-bill began prep>+ cut re$s = ! osmie2 be=e t "t %e con/ruct$ h] ne/1 z %e /ill does1 9 empty snail %ells or 9 "s natural cavity4 ,!y are v int]e/+ ^! osmies1 extremely active solit>y bees2 "o sees !m hav+ exhau/$ _! ov>ies1 b n _! muscul> =ce1 build+ extra ne/s1 provision+ !m ) honey1 )\t hav+ laid a s+le egg 9 !m2 !y w ev5 make & close !m )\t honey1 if !y d n f9d m fl[]s1 ?us %[+ a real craz9ess = "w1 an au!ntic mania analog\s to t :i* moves man to move pebbles1 to smoke1 to dr9k r ?an rema9 immobile4#b ,if ! osmie liv$ long]1 %e might p]haps inv5t "s game :i*1 va9 at ! />t1 w\ld end by becom+ bo? a ne$ & a b5efit to ! :ole species4 ,! !ory :i* makes in/9ct a p>tial cry/allization ( intellig5ce is extremely s$uctive3 ,i d>e say we w h to accept x z true4 ,yet ! contemplation ( ! insect _w raises an enorm\s objection4 ,9 ! c\rse ( 8 wond]ful memoirs ,fabre has =mulat$ x t5 times & ) always fre% +5uity4 ,"h is ! insect1 ne>ly always born adult1 & aft] ! dea? ( h] p>5ts1 %e has receiv$ f !m nei!r direct education nor education by example1 z d ! "y ( birds or mammals4 ,a h5 tea*es h] *ick to scrat* = worms 7x is true t %e does n tea* h] duckl+s to dabble 9 puddles1 & !y are h] despair1 to our amusem5t71 an osmie c tea* its "y no?+4 ,yet n[ osmies d exactly :at _! anci5ts h done4 ,! insect op5s its %ell1 bru%es its ant5n1 p]=ms its toilet1 op5s its w+s1 flies (f = life1 moves )\t hesitation t[>d ! pa/ure x ne$s1 recognizes & flees ! enemies ( its race1 makes love1 & f9ally con/ructs a ne/ id5tical ) ! cradle f :i* x has em]g$4#c ,"o sees q well t ! acquisitions ( ! individual h pass$ to ! desc5dant1 b h[8 ,h[ h !y fix$ !mselves 9 ! n]ves & blood dur+ a few %ort days ( life8 ,)\t any appr5tice%ip ! sphex p>alyzes ) ?ree /abs ! cricket :i* is to fe$ its l>v2 if ! cricket is kill$ & n p>alyz$1 ! l>v w die1 poison$ by ! c>rion2 & if ! p>alysis is n durable ! cricket w come to1 & de/roy ! sphex 9 ! egg4 ,! manuvre ( ?is wasp & ( _m o!r kill+ hym5opt]a has ?is tiresome po9t = our reason+1 ! act mu/ be p]fect1 on pa9 ( dea?4 ,nev]!less x mu/ be admitt$ t ! sphex has =m$ itself sl[ly1 l all complex animals1 & t its g5ius is only ! sum ( intellectual acquisition sl[ly cry/alliz$ 9 ! specie4#d ,z = ! me*anism ( ?is trans=mation ( intellig5ce into in/9ct1 x has = motive ! pr9ciple ( utility2 intellig5t acts :i* are useful = ! pres]vation ( ! specie1 are ! only ones :i* pass into in/9ct4 ,! sci5ce ( ^! hym5opt]a goes s f> t x 0 ahead ( human sci5ce until ye/]day4 ,! insect attacks ! n]v\s sy/em2 x kn[s t ! p[] ( beg9n+ a movem5t lies 9 ! n]v\s sy/em & n 9 ! limbs4 ,if ! n]v\s sy/em is c5traliz$ z 9 weevils1 _! enemy ! c]c]is gives only "o dagg]-/ab2 if ! movem5t dep5ds on ?ree ganglia1 x gives ?ree /abs2 if on n9e ganglia1 n9e3 ?us does ! %aggy ammophile :5 x ne$s ! cat]pill> ( ! noctuelle1 commonly call$ ! gray worm1 = its l>v2 if a s+le /+ 9 ! c]vical ganglion appe>s too dang]\s1 ! hunt] limits himself to *ew+ x g5tly1 9 ord] to induce ! necess>y degree ( immobility4 ,x is odd t ! social hym5opt]a :o "k h[ to d s _m difficult ?+s1 are ignorant ( ?is savant dagg]-play4 ,! bee /+s at r&om1 & s brutally t %e mutilates h]self :ile (t5 inflict+ b an insignificant w\nd on h] adv]s>y4 ,collective civilization has dim9i%$ ! individual g5ius4 #a ,vide ,milton & ,*eaddle1 works already cit$4 #b ,comp>e ?is ) ! valuable rem>ks ( a gamekeep]1 ,"o mu/ "k ! habits ( animals1 ev5 _! manias1 = !y h !m1 j z we d4 ,fig>o1 #ca1 ,aug4 #aijc4 #c ,to my m9d a slight uns\ndness creeps into ,*ap4 ,,xvi1 & "h bo? ,fabre & ,g\rmont seem to me to g a/ray 9 consid]+ ! insect z a sep>ate creature1 i4 e4 a creature cut (f f its l>va or cocoon life4 ,surely ! animal may be suppos$ to exi/ :ile 9 its cocoon or l>va1 x may reasonably be suppos$ to pass t p]iod 9 reflection1 prep>+ = precisely ! acts ( its desire 7z = example an intellig5t "y man might pass 8 ye>s 9 a univ]sity "u pr(essors1 await+ reasonable maturity to act or express 8 objections74 ,! l>va has its mon?s ( quiet1 precisely ! necess>y pre-reflection = ! two days' joy-ride ( ext]ior manife/ation1 am\rs1 etc41 its contemplatio1 or :at may be c\nt$ z analog\s1 pass+ 9 its cell4 ,! p]fection & precision ( its acts1 be+1 let u say1 proportionate to ! non-expressive p]iod4 ,hav+ sp5t ,god kn[s h[ long 9 t possibly monoton\s ne/1 x seems small wond] t ! insect %\ld "k ! patt]n by he>t4 ,small wond]1 t is to say wond] n incomm5surate ) ! g5]al wond] ( ! :ole process4--,e4 ,p4 #d ,vide translator's po/script4 ,,*apt] ,,xx ,,tyranny ,,( ,,! ,,n]v\s ,,sy/em ,accord & discord betwe5 organs & acts4--,torses & sacr$ sc>ab4--,! h& ( man4--,m$iocre fitness ( sexual organs = copulation4--,orig9 ( luxuria4--,! animal is a n]v\s sy/em s]v$ by organs4--,! organ does n det]m9e ! aptitude4--,man's h& inf]ior to 8 g5ius4--,sub/itution ( "o s5se = ano!r4--,union & rle ( ! s5ses 9 love4--,man & animal "u ! tyranny ( ! n]v\s sy/em4--,we> & te> ( humanity comp5sat$ by acquisitions4--,man's inh]itors4 ,x is a univ]sal belief t nature or ,god1 9 _! wisdom1 h made ! corporal organs 9 ! be/ possible =m3 p]fection ( ! eye1 ( ! h&1 ( ! paw-jaw ( ! mantis1 ( ! sexual app>atus ( man1 ( ! bird or ! sc>ab1 ! furni%+ t>ses ( hym5opt]a1 ! beav]'s tail1 ! gras%opp]'s hams1 ! cicada's tamb\r9e4 ,x is sometimes true & v (t5 false4 ,x happ5s t !re appe>s an exact concord betwe5 ! organ & ! act :i* x is to p]=m2 b x happ5s also1 & t n r>ely1 t ! organs seem 9 no way fa%ion$ = ! de$ !y mu/ accompli%3 mo/ ( !m are inde$ *ance tools1 ) :i* ! creature manages1 z he c1 ! acts :i* he wants to1 or %\ld1 d4 ,! =efeet ( sc>abs are s little de/9$ = modell+ & roll+ mud-balls t _! t>ses are worn out 9 ! process1 z human f+]s w\ld p]haps be worn if !y _h to knead ! raw clay & mort>4 ,9 consid]+ ! sc>ab "o has to ?9k ( a humanity lack+ f+]s1 hav+ lo/ !m by a long & sl[ dim9ution ( nails1 bones1 fle%4 ,! sc>ab is a modell]1 no?+ w\ld be m useful to him ?an f+]s2 in/ead ( los+ !m by use1 he ought to h gr[n !m long] & m supple4 ,he has lo/ !m1 & x is ) ! arm /umps t he turns ! little balls :i* are to be food = himself or 8 (fspr+4 ,?is insect is condemn$ to a lab\r t w become increas+ly difficult z ! species gr[s increas+ly old]4 ,x rema9s to "k :e!r ! ance/ors ( ! sacr$ sc>ab _h t>ses4 ,horus ,apollo grants !m z _m f+]s z ! mon? has days1 t is ?irty1 :i* corresponds q well ) ! six feet & five t>ses ( ! sc>ab4 ,if he 0 a good obs]v]1 ! "q is answ]$1 b a s+le te/imony is insuffici5t1 & moreov] x is unlikely t s great a we>+-away w\ld h occurr$ 9 s small a numb] ( c5turies4 ,horus1 & a savant l ,latreille himself1 h be5 ! dupes ( symmetry2 if ei!r has look$ closely at a sc>ab1 & if he has se5 ! =efeet lack+ t>ses1 he has put ?is d[n to *ance or to accid5t4 ,fabre has at lea/ not$ "o indisputable fact1 x is t nei!r z nymph nor adult has ! sc>ab t>ses on 8 =efeet4 ,if x ev] _h !m1 our reason+ draws new vig\r f ! negation1 = !n less ?an ev] is x possible to f9d ! lea/ logical concordance betwe5 ! insect's /umps & ! ne$ ( modell+ & turn+ to :i* nature condemns x4 ,?is sc>ab is a type to :i* "o c relate a great numb] ( o!r examples3 purveyor hym5opt]a are :olly depriv$ ( tools adapt$ to _! "w z qu>ry-m5 & well-digg]s3 ?us1 at ! end ( _! lab\rs ! great] "p ( ^! fragile insects are v mu* damag$4 ,"o kn[s ! beav]'s con/ructions1 b :o )\t ! c]titude we h ga9$ by obs]vation1 w\ld h d>$ to attribute !m to ^! great rats8 ,eighte5? c5tury philosoph]s set !mselves ! "q3 ,is man man because he has h&s2 or has he h&s because he is man8 ,"o may answ] boldly1 t man's h&s m>vell\s z !y appe> to u1 add almo/ no?+ to 8 intellig5ce4 ,"o does n see t !y are indisp5sable = any?+ save = play+ ! piano4 ,:at con/itutes man is 8 intellig5ce1 8 n]v\s sy/em4 ,! ext]ior organ is second>y3 no matt] :at ext]ior organ1 beak1 preh5sile tail1 tee?1 proboscis1 paws w\ld h done ! "w ( ! h&s4 ,!re are birds' ne/s :i* no manual clev]ness c\ld weave4 ,! reproductive organs are no bett] adapt$ to _! purpose ?an are ! work+ organs4 ,d\btless !y atta9 v (t5 _! end1 b at ! co/ ( ef=ts :i* a bett] disposition w\ld h att5uat$ or elim9at$ altoge!r4 ,! int]ior me*anism is1 or seems1 m>vell\s2 ! ext]nal me*anism is rudim5t>y & gives no result1 save1 z !y say1 ?anks to ! ev]-r5ew$ +5uity ( ! c\ples4 ,in/9ct1 9 "o ( its mo/ necess>y acts1 is (t5 put to difficult pro(4 ,! plausible adv5ture ( ,daphnis has be5 presumably (t5 repeat$1 ev5 ?\gh ! limb]ness ( ! human =m is well suit$ to coition2 b :o has n be5 surpris$ to see a heavy bull leap clumsily onto a l[+ c[1 b5d+ 8 useless hocks along h] back1 pant+1 & (t5 n succe$+ save ?anks to ! good (fices ( a f>m h&8 ,among beav]s1 says ,a4 de ,quatrefages 7,orbigny's ,dictionnaire d'hi/oire naturelle71 ! ext]nal orifice ( ! g5]ative organs op5s 9 a cloaca s plac$ "u ! tail t "o h>dly und]/&s h[ ! c\pl+ takes place4 ,c]ta9 mat+s are %e] t\rs de =ce1 & ! animal :e!r x be ! scutil>y1 a t9y insect1 or ! elephant1 a colossus1 is compell$ to take positions absolutely diff]5t f its normal po/ures4 ,nature :o firmly int5ds ! p]petuity ( ! species1 has n yet f\nd a simple & unique means !reto2 or else1 hav+ f\nd x1 9 budd+1 %e has ca/ x aside to adopt ! div]sity ( organs1 means1 & movem5ts4 ,!re are none1 ev5 to ^? ( our own specie :i* man may n criticize1 ev5 ?\gh he prize !m2 he has criticiz$1 & 8 criticism has be5 to div]sify !m /ill fur!r1 :i* simplifies a fat$ necessity 9 mak+ x pleasant]4 ,morals t]m ?is div]sification luxure4#a ,?is t]m is a pejorative :i* may be appli$ also to ! ex]cise ( our o!r s5ses4 ,all is b luxuria4 ,luxuria1 ! v>iety ( foods1 _! cook+1 _! season+1 ! culture ( special g>d5 plants2 luxuria3 ! ex]cises ( ! eye1 decoration1 ! toilet1 pa9t+2 luxuria1 music2 luxuria1 ! m>vell\s ex]cises ( ! h&1 s m>vell\s t direct h& "w c be mimick$ by a ma*9e b nev] equall$2 luxuria1 fl[]s1 p]fumes2 luxuria1 rapid voyages2 luxuria1 ! ta/e = l&scape2 luxuria1 all art1 sci5ce1 civilization2 luxuria1 also ! div]sity ( human ge/ures1 = ! animal 9 8 virtu\s sobriety has b "o ge/ure = ea* s5se1 & t ge/ure unv>y+2 or if ! ge/ure1 z probable1 und]goes a *ange1 x is b a sl[1 invisible *ange1 & !re is at ! end b "o ge/ure4 ,! animal is ignorant ( div]sity1 ( ! accumulation ( aptitudes2 man alone is luxurieux1 is libid9\s4 ,!re is a pr9ciple :i* ,i w call ! individualism ( species4 ,ea* specie is an individual :i* pr(its z be/ x may1 = its useful ends1 by ! in/rum5ts :i* h devolv$ to x4 ,a specie ( hym5opt]a feels itself oblig$ to protect its eggs f new enemies1 by digg+ holes 9 ! gr\nd2 x makes use ( ! tools :i* x has1 )\t tak+ c\nt ( ! fact t ^! tools h n be5 made = excavation2 x acts ?us at pressure ( necessity1 z man climbs trees 9 a flood1 or gets onto ! ro( 9 case ( fire4 ,! ne$ is indep5d5t ( ! organ2 x prec$es x1 & does n always create x4 ,9 ! sexual act1 ne$ comm&s ! ge/ure3 ! animal adapts itself to positions :i* are /range to x1 & v difficult4 ,c\pl+ is ne>ly always a grimace4 ,"o w\ld say t nature has set ! male organ "h1 & ! female !re1 & left to specific +5uity ! c>e ( effect+ ! junction4 ,x is1 ,i ?9k1 p]mitt$ u to conclude f ! m$iocre fitness ( animals to milieu1 & ( organs to acts1 t x is n ! milieu :i* absolutely fa%ions1 or ! organs :i* absolutely gov]n1 ! acts4 ,"o !n feels oneself incl9$ to reaccept ,bonald's def9ition ( man1 & ev5 to f9d x admirable1 j1 & /rict3 ,an intellig5ce s]v$ by organs4 ,n obey$1 n always1 b s]v$1 s]vice imply+ imp]fection1 a discord betwe5 ! ord] & its fulfillm5t4 ,b ! phrase applies n to man only1 & its spirituali/ic orig9 9 no way dim9i%es its aphori/ic value2 x qualifies e animal4 ,! animal is a n]v\s c5tre1 s]v$ by ! diff]5t tools 9 :i* its bran*es t]m9ate4 ,x comm&s1 & ! tools1 good or bad ones1 obey4 ,if !y 7 incapable ( p]=m+ _! "w1 at lea/ ! ess5tial p>ts ( x1 ! animal w\ld p]i%4 ,!re are =ms ( p>asitism :i* seem to be ! consequ5ce ( a g5]al r5unciation ( organs2 impot5t to ent] into direct relations ) ! out] _w1 unmann$ by ! s(tness ( ! muscles1 ! n]v\s sy/em br+s ! skiff x 0 pilot+ into "s h>b\r or o!r1 & bea*es x4 ,fabre says1 ?9k+ p>ticul>ly ( insects3 ,! organ does n det]m9e ! aptitude4 ,& ?is mo/ aptly confirms ,bonald's mann] ( see+4 ,?r[n 9 at ! end ( a *apt]1 ) sc>cely any?+ directly to ju/ify x1 ?is affirmation b ga9s 9 value4 ,x is ! conclusion1 n ( a diss]tation1 b ( a long sequ5ce ( sci5tific obs]vations4 ,z = ! facts t "o c set inside x1 !y are innum]able2 "o w\ld gr\p !m "u two heads3 ,! animal s]ves himself z be/ he c ) ! organs he possesses2 he does n always make use ( !m4 ,! fly+-/ag1 ! be/ arm$ ( all our insects1 is in(f5sive2 :ile ! c>abe1 ( peaceful appe>ance1 is a =midable bea/ ( prey4 ,apropos ( ! pill 9 :i* ! sc>ab %uts its egg1 ! skill ) :i* x is work$ up & felt$1 9 a d>k hole by a /ump-arm$ insect1 ,fabre says simply3 ,x gave me ! idea ( an elephant want+ to make lace4 ,b 9 :at insect w we see p]fect accord ( "w & organ8 ,9 ! bee8 ,x w\ld sc>cely seem s4 ,! bee uses = build+1 modell+1 wax+1 bottl+ honey1 exactly ! same organs t h] si/]s1 ! ammophile1 bembex1 sphex1 ant1 *alicodome1 use = holl[+ e>?1 excavat+ s&1 mak+ cell>s1 mud h\ses4 ,! libellule does no?+ ) ! hooks :i* r5d] ! t]mite dang]\s1 & %e loafs1 :ile h] indu/ri\s bro!r1 also neuropt]a & no?+ m1 builds ,himalayas4 ,! mole-cricket is s well organiz$ = digg+ ) h] %ort p[]ful b[ legs t %e c\ld cut s&/one3 %e frequ5ts only ! s(t soil ( g>d5s4 ,! antophore1 on ! o!r h&1 ) no in/rum5ts save h] m$iocre m&ibles1 h] velvet paws1 =ces ! cem5t :i* holds ! /one walls toge!r1 & bores ! h>d5$ e>? ( ! slopes by ! roadside4 ,insects1 l man1 moreov]1 ask no?+ bett] ?an to d no?+ & to let _! tools sleep2 ! xylocope1 t f9e violet bumble-bee1 :o ought to bore into wood1 a gall]y twice a h&'s l5g? :]e9 to lay h] eggs1 if %e f9ds a suitable hole ready made1 conf9es h]self to ! meag]e/ possible works ( accommodation4 ,9 sum1 ! insects :o l ! saw-fly 7t5?r$es7 use a precise in/rum5t = a precise job1 are almo/ r>e4 ,man's h&1 to come back to ?is po9t1 is useful to him because he is intellig5t4 ,9 itself ! h& is no?+4 ,pro(1 9 ! monkeys & rod5ts :o use _! h&s only to climb trees1 l\se !mselves1 & crack nuts4 ,our five f+]s6 ,really no?+ is m broadca/ 9 nature1 :]e !y are only a sign ( age3 ! saurians h !m1 & are n a bit m clev] !reby4 ,x is )\t f+]s1 )\t h&s1 )\t memb]s t ! l>v ( insects con/ruct = !mselves m>vell\s mosaic %ells1 weave !mselves t5ts 9 silk-floss1 ex]cise ! trades ( pla/]]1 m9]1 & c>p5t]4 ,b ?is h& ( man1 become ! _w's m>vel1 h[ inf]ior to 8 g5ius1 & h[ he has _h to l5g!n x1 ref9e x1 complicate x1 9 ord] to obta9 ob$i5ce to ! increas+ly precise ord]s ( 8 intellig5ce4 ,has ! h& creat$ ma*9es8 ,man's intellig5ce immeasureably surpasses 8 organs1 & subm]ges !m2 x dem&s ( !m ! impossible & ! absurd3 h5ce ! railway1 ! telegraph1 ! microscope & ev]y?+ :i* multiplies ! p[] ( organs :i* h become rudim5t>y 9 ! face ( ! bra9s' exig5ce1 ! bra9 be+ our ma/]1 :o has dem&$ also ( ! sexual organs m ?an !y 7 able to give3 x is to satisfy ^! ord]s t ! b$ ( love has be5 scatt]$ ) s _m dreams & rose-leaves4 ,x is difficult to make p und]/& t ! eye sees1 n because x is an eye1 b because x is situat$ at ! tip ( "s filam5ts ( n]ve :i* are s5sitive to light4 ,at ! end ( filam5ts s5sitive to s\nd1 ! eye w\ld he>4 ,d\btless x is adapt$ to its function1 z ! e> is to he>+1 b ?is function is an effect1 n a cause4 ,insects' eyes are v diff]5t f ours4 ,"o has spok5 ( ! exp]im5ts ( a ,g]man savant :o wi%$ to ?r[ visual images on ! bra9 )\t ! eye's int]v5tion4 ,?is is suspici\s1 b n absurd3 insects are gift$ c]ta9ly ) ! p[] to smell1 b "o has nev] be5 able to discov] ! organ 9 any s+le "o ( !m2 &1 also1 ! rle ( ! ant5n :i* seems v consid]able 9 _! life1 rema9s v obscure1 s9ce ! removal ( ^! app5dices has n always a measurable effect on _! activity4#b ,organs1 evid5tly ! mo/ useful1 are sometimes plac$ 9 a position :i* dim9i%es _! value4 ,notice a re/+ horse1 & ano!r horse com+ t[>d him 7obs]vation c be made q easily 9 ! /reets ( ,p>is71 :at is he to d to gauge ! dang]1 & reconnoitre ! movem5t8 ,look at ! o!r horse8 ,no4 ,8 eyes are made to look sideways1 n =w>d4 ,he uses 8 long e>s1 raises !m1 %ifts _! op5 side t[>d ! noise4 ,reassur$ he lets !m fall1 & re-e/abli%es 8 calm4 ,! horse looks ) 8 e>s4 ,! bl9k]s by :i* p pret5d to make him look =w>d1 m]ely bl9d him1 & p]haps1 !reby dim9i% 8 impressionability4 ,bl9d horses moreov] d ! same "w z ! o!rs4 ,! s5ses1 z "o kn[s1 are sub/itutable "o = ! o!r1 9 a c]ta9 degree2 b 9 ! normal /ate !y seem r to re9=ce ea* o!r mutually1 & l5d ea* o!r a c]ta9 support4 ,"o does n %ut ! eyes to he> bett]1 save :5 "o has det]m9$ ! s\rce ( ! s\nd4 ,& ev5 !n1 is x to he> bett]8 ,is x n r to reflect & to he> at ! same "t1 to manage an int]ior conc5tration ) :i* ! eye1 ess5tially an explorative organ1 w\ld int]f]e8 ,x is 9 love t ?is alliance ( all ! s5ses is mo/ intimately ex]cis$4 ,9 sup]ior animals1 z well z 9 man1 ea* s5se1 toge!r or 9 gr\ps1 comes to re9=ce ! g5ital s5se4 ,none rema9 inactive1 eye1 e>1 sc5t1 t\*1 ev5 ta/e come into play4 ,?us "o expla9s ! gleam ( plumage1 ! dance1 song1 sexual od\rs4 ,! female eye1 9 birds1 is m s5sitive ?an ! male eye2 ! contr>y is true ( humanity2 b female birds & wom5 are p>ticul>ly mov$ by song or words4 ,! two sexes 9 dogs h1 equally1 rec\rse to sc5t2 sight seems to play b an insignificant rle 9 _! sexual access1 s9ce m9uscule can9e bea/s d n fe> to address !mselves to mon/]s1 :i* = man w\ld be 9 proportion m ?an t ( a mammo?4 ,insects be=e mat+ (t5 c>ess ea* o!r ) _! my/]i\s ant5n2 ! male is sometimes giv5 a s\nd+ app>atus3 cricket & gras%opp] drum to *>m _! companions4 ,x is n necess>y to expla9 h[ 9 humans1 especially 9 ! male1 all ! s5ses concur 9 ! am\r1 at lea/ :5 moral & religi\s prejudices d n /op _! impetus4 ,x %\ld be s1 9 an animal s s5sitive1 & ( s complex & multiple a s5sibility4 ,! ab/5tion ( a s+le s5se f ! c\pl+ is en\gh to enfeeble ! pleasure v greatly4 ,! coldness ( _m wom5 may proce$ less f a dim9ution ( _! g5ital s5se1 ?an f ! g5]al m$iocrity ( _! s5ses4 ,intellig5ce1 be+ b ! ripe fruit ( ! g5]al s5sibility1 its int5sity is v (t5 f\nd to be 9 a c]ta9 relation ) ! sexual s5sibility4 ,absolute coldness might signify /upidity4 ,!re are1 h[ev]1 too _m exceptions = "o to g5]alize 9 ?is matt]4 ,x happ5s inde$ t intellig5ce in/ead ( be+ ! sum total ( ! s5sibility1 is1 s to speak1 ! deviation or transmutation4 ,!re rema9s v little s5sibility2 x is ne>ly all turn$ into intellig5ce4 ,e organiz$ animal has a ma/]3 its n]v\s sy/em2 & !re is1 d\btless1 no real life save :]e a n]v\s sy/em exi/s1 be x ! magnific5t inf9itely bran*+ tree ( mammals & birds1 be x ! d\ble1 knott$ cord ( ! mollusks1 or ! nail head :i* is plant$1 9 ascides1 betwe5 ! buccal & anal orifice4 ,z soon z ?is new matt] appe>s1 x reigns despotically1 & ! un=ese5 appe>s 9 ! _w4 ,"o w\ld say a conqu]or1 or r an intrud]1 a p>asite come 9 by /eal?1 & lift+ itself into ! royal rle4 ,animals be> ?is tyranny bett] ?an man4 ,_! ma/] asks few] ?+s4 ,(t5 x only asks "o3 to create a be+ 9 its exact lik5ess4 ,! animal is sane1 t is to say1 rul$2 man is mad1 t is to say1 out ( rule3 he has s _m ord]s to execute at once1 t he sc>cely does any "o well4 ,9 civiliz$ c\ntries he c h>dly reproduce himself & ! specie is 9 dang]4 ,x w\ld disappe>1 if ! means ( protect+ x did n comp5sate ! /]ility4 ,"o c n say t humanity has atta9$ its intellectual limits1 al?\gh its physical evolution seems complet$2 b z sup]ior human specim5s are ne>ly always /]ile1 or capable ( only m$iocre po/]ity1 x is f\nd t1 alone among values1 intellig5ce is n transmitt$ by g5]ation4 ,!n ! circle closes & ! same ef=t ends ceaselessly 9 ! same recomm5cem5t4 ,h[ev]1 ev5 "h1 artificial means int]v5e1 & ! transmission ( ! acquisitions ( intellig5ce is relatively assur$ by all sorts ( in/rum5ts4 ,?is me*anism1 mu* inf]ior to c>nal g5]ation1 p]mits u1 if ! mo/ exquisite =ms ( intellig5ce disappe> z fa/ z !y fl[]1 to pres]ve at lea/ "p ( _! cont5ts4 ,notions are transmitt$1 t is a result1 ev5 ?\gh mo/ ( !m are va91 9 default ( s5sibilities suffici5tly p[]ful to assimilate !m & make a real life ( !m4 ,f9ally1 if man ought to abdicate1 :i* seems unlikely1 animality is ri* en\gh to raise up an inh]itor4 ,! c&idates = humanity are 9 great numb]1 & !y are n ^? :om ! cr[d supposes4 ,:o kn[s if our desc5dants may n "s day f9d !mselves fac$ ) a rival1 /rong & 9 ! fl[] ( y\?4 ,creation has n gone on /rike1 s9ce man appe>$3 s9ce mak+ ?is mon/]1 nature has cont9u$ h] "w3 ! human haz>d might reproduce itself on ! morr[4 #a ,! ,lat9 luxuria & ,fr5* luxure h no exact ,engli% equival5t2 our luxury1 is ! ,fr5* luxe2 ! phrase ! ex]cise ( pleasant lu/s is p]haps z ne> z ,i c come to a def9ition ( luxure4--,translator4 #b ,fabre's exp]im5ts on mason bees1 ! %aggy ammophile1 & great-peacock mo?4 ,,translator',s ,,po/script ,il y aurait peut-tre une c]ta9 correlation entre la copulation complte et pr(onde et le dveloppem5t crbral4 ,n only is ?is sugge/ion1 made by our au?or at ! end ( 8 eigh? *apt]1 bo? possible & probable1 b x is m ?an likely t ! bra9 itself1 is1 9 orig9 & developm5t1 only a sort ( great clot ( g5ital fluid held 9 susp5se or res]ve2 at fir/ ov] ! c]vical ganglion1 or1 e>li] or 9 o!r species1 held 9 sev]al clots ov] ! scatt]$ *ief n]ve c5tres2 & augm5t+ 9 v>y+ spe$s & quantities into m$ulla oblongata1 c]ebellum & c]ebrum4 ,?is hypo!sis w\ld p]haps expla9 a c]ta9 numb] ( z yet uncorrelat$ ph5om5a bo? psy*ological & physiological4 ,x ,i w\ld expla9 ! enorm\s cont5t ( ! bra9 z a mak] or pres5t] ( images4 ,species w\ld h develop$ 9 accordance )1 or _! developm5t w\ld h be5 affect$ by1 ! relative dis*>ge & ret5tion ( ! fluid2 ?is proportion be+ bo? a matt] ( quantity & ( quality1 "s animals pr(it+ h>dly at all by ! alluvial ,nile-flood2 ! baboon reta9+ no?+2 m5 app>5tly /upefy+ !mselves 9 "s cases by excess1 & 9 o!r cases dis*>g+ app>5tly only a surplus at high pressure2 ! gateux1 or ! g5ius1 ! /rong-m9d$4 ,i (f] an idea r ?an an argum5t1 yet if we consid] sid] t ! p[] ( ! sp]matozoide is precisely ! p[] ( ext]ioriz+ a =m2 & if we consid] ! lack ( any o!r kn[n sub/ance 9 nature capable ( gr[+ into bra91 we are left ) only "o surprise1 or r "o conclusion1 namely1 9 face ( ! smallness ( ! av]age bra9's activity1 we mu/ conclude t ! sp]matozoic sub/ance mu/ h greatly atrophi$ 9 its *ange f lactic to coagulat$ & h]$it>ily coagulat$ condition4 ,giv51 t is1 two great seas ( ?is fluid1 mutually magnetiz$1 ! wond] is1 or at lea/ ! fir/ wond] is1 t human ?\ght is s inactive4 ,*emical rese>* may h some?+ to say on ! subject1 if x be direct$ to comp>ison ( bra9 & sp]matophore 9 ! nautilus1 to ! visc\s b9d+ ( ! bee's fecundative liquid4 ,i (f] only reflections1 p]haps a few data4 ,indications ( e>li] adumbrations ( an idea :i* really surprises no "o1 b seems z if x might h be5 ly+ on ! /udy table ( any physician or philosoph]4 ,!re are traces ( x 9 ! symbolism ( phallic religions1 man really ! phallus or sp]matozoide *>g+1 head-on1 ! female *aos4 ,integration ( ! male 9 ! male organ4 ,ev5 oneself has felt x1 driv+ any new idea into ! great passive vulva ( ,london1 a s5sation analog\s to ! male feel+ 9 copulation4 ,)\t any digression on fem9ism1 tak+ m]ely ! division ,g\rmont has giv5 7,ari/otelian1 if y l71 "o (f]s woman z ! accumulation ( h]$it>y aptitudes1 bett] ?an man 9 ! useful ge/ures1 ! p]fections2 b to man1 giv5 :at we h ( hi/ory1 ! inv5tions1 ! new ge/ures1 ! extravagance1 ! wild %ots1 ! impractical1 m]ely because 9 him occurs ! new up-jut1 ! new ba?+ ( ! c]ebral tissues 9 ! residuum1 9 la m\sse ( ! life sap4 ,or1 z ,i am c]ta9ly nei!r writ+ an anti-fem9i/ tract1 nor claim+ disproportionate privilege = ! sp]matozoide1 = ! sake ( symmetry ascribe a cognate rle to ! ovule1 ?\gh ,i c h>dly be expect$ to introspect x4 ,a flood is z bad z a fam9e2 ! ovul> ba? c\ld /ill acc\nt = ! refre%m5t ( ! female m9d1 & ! re*>g+1 regrac+ ( its traditional aptitudes2 :]e "o woman appe>s to b5efit by an alluvial cl>ify+1 t5 doz5 appe> to be swamp$4 ,po/ulat+ t ! c]ebral fluid tri$ all sorts ( exp]im5ts1 &1 /rik+ matt]1 =c$ fit2 into all sorts ( =ms1 by gu%es2 we h admitt$ly 9 insect life a female pr$om9ance2 9 bird1 mammal & human1 at lea/ an increas+ male prom95ce4 ,& ^! f\r important bran*es ( ! fan may be diff]5tiat$ accord+ to _! app>5t *ief desire1 or s\rce ( *oos+ _! species4 ,insect1 utility2 bird1 flight2 mammal1 muscul> spl5d\r2 man1 exp]im5t4 ,! insect repres5t+ ! female1 & utility2 ! ne$ ( heat be+ pres5t1 ! insect *ooses to solve ! problem by hib]nation1 i4e41 a sort ( negation ( action4 ,! bird want+-cont9u\s fre$om1 fea!rs itself4 ,desire = decoration appe>s 9 all ! bran*es1 man ext]ioriz+ x mo/4 ,! bat's secret appe>s to be t he is n ! bird-mammal1 b ! mammal-insect3 economy ( tissue1 hib]nation4 ,! female pr9ciple be+ n only utility1 b extreme economy1 woman1 fall+ by ?is division into a male bran*1 is ! lea/ female ( females1 & at ?is po9t "o escapes f a j\rnali/ic2 sex-squabble into ! opposition ( two pr9ciples1 utility & a sort ( v5turesom5ess4 ,9 its subs]vi5ce to ! money feti% our age returns to ! d>kness ( m$ievalism4 ,two osmies may make sup]flu\s egg-less ne/s1 b d n kill ea* o!r 9 conte/+ :i* %all deposit ! sup]]ogatory honey !re94 ,x is p]haps no m fooli% to g at a h]mit's bidd+ to recov] an old sepul*re ?an to make new sepul*res at ! bidd+ ( f9ance4 ,9 8 gr[+ subs]vi5ce to1 & adoration (1 & entanglem5t 9 ma*9es1 9 utility1 man r\nds ! circle almo/ into insect life1 ! abs5ce ( fle%2 & may h ne$ ev5 ( horn$ gods to save him1 or at lea/ ( a =m ( ?\ght :i* p]mits !m4 ,take x t usual ?\ght is a sort ( %ak+ or %ift+ ( a fluid 9 ! visc\s cells ( ! bra92 "o has se5 electricity /ripp+ ! p>ticles ( silv] f a plat$ knife 9 a *emical ba?1 ) ord] & cel]ity1 & ga!r+ !m on ! o!r pole ( a magnet4 ,take x z mat]ially z y l4 ,!re is a sort ( _s-level 9 ! e>1 giv+ u our s5se ( balance4 ,& dreams8 ,d !y n happ5 precisely at ! mom5ts :5 "o has tipp$ ! head2 are !y n1 ) _! incoh]5t mix+ ( kn[n & famili> images1 l ! p\r+ ( a complicat$ honeycomb tilt$ f its p]p5dicul>8 ,does n ?is give precisely ! ne$$ mixture ( famili> =ms 9 non-sequ5ce1 ! jumble ( fragm5ts ea* coh]5t )9 its own limit8 ,& f ! popul> spee*1 is n ! s5sible man call$ level-head$1 has he n 8 head well screw$ on or screw$ on /raight2 & are n lunatics & cranks (t5 recognizable f "s peculi> c>riage or tilt ( ! head-piece2 & is n ! ?9k] always pictur$ ) 8 head b[$ into 8 h&1 yes1 b level s f> z left to "r is conc]n$8 ,! upw>d-jaw1 head-back pose has long be5 expla9$ by ! relative positions ( ! m$ulla & ! m human p>ts ( ! bra92 ?is ne$ n be dragg$ 9 "h2 nor d ,i mean to ass]t t y c cure a lunatic m]ely by hold+ 8 head level4 ,?\ght is a *emical process1 ! mo/ int]e/+ ( all transfusions 9 liquid solution4 ,! m9d is an up-spurt ( sp]m1 no1 let me alt] t2 try+ to wat* ! process3 ! sp]m1 ! =m-creator1 ! sub/ance :i* compels ! ovule to evolve 9 a giv5 patt]n1 "o microscopic1 m9uscule p>ticle1 ent]+ ! ca/le ( ! ovule4 ,?\ght is a vegetable says a mod]n h]metic1 :om ,i h (t5 contradict$1 b :om ,i d n wi% to contradict at ?is po9t4 ,?\ght is a *emical process 9 relation to ! organ1 ! bra92 creative ?\ght is act l fecundation1 l ! male ca/ ( ! human se$1 b giv5 t ca/1 t ejaculation1 ,i am p]fectly will+ to grant t ! ?\ght once born1 sep>at$1 9 reg>d to itself1 n 9 relation to ! bra9 t begat x1 does lead an indep5d5t life mu* l a memb] ( ! vegetable k+dom1 bl[+ se$s1 ideas f ! p>adisal g>d5 at ! summit ( ,dante's ,m\nt ,purgatory1 capable ( lodg+ & spr\t+ :]e !y fall4 ,& ,g\rmont has ! phrase fecundat+ a g5]ation ( bodies z g5ius fecundates a g5]ation ( m9ds4 ,man is ! sum ( ! animals1 ! sum ( _! in/9cts1 z ,g\rmont has repeat$ 9 ! c\rse ( 8 book4 ,giv51 fir/ a few1 !n z we get to our own condition1 a mass ( ^! sp]matozoic p>ticles )held1 9 susp5se1 wait+ 9 ! organ t has be5 built up ?r\gh ages by a myriad simil> wait+s4 ,ea* ( ^! p>ticles is1 we ne$ n say1 consci\s ( =m1 b has by all c\nts a capacity = =mal expression3 is n ?\ght precisely a =m-comp>+ & =m-comb9+8 ,t is to say we h ! hair-?9n+ ab/ract ?\ght & we h ! concrete ?\ght ( wom51 ( arti/s1 ( musicians1 ! mock$ly long-hair$1 :o h made ev]y?+ 9 ! _w4 ,we h ! =m-mak+ & ! =m-de/roy+ ?\ght1 only ! fir/ ( :i* is really satisfactory4 ,i don't wi% to be invidi\s1 x is p]fectly possible to consid] ! ab/ract ?\ght1 reason1 etc41 z ! comp>ison1 regim5tation1 & lea/ common d5om9ator ( a multitude ( images1 b 9 ! end ea* ( ! images is a little spoil$ !reby1 no "o ( !m is ! ,apollo1 & ! mak]s ( ?is k9d ( ?\ght h be5 call$ dry-z-du/ s9ce ! beg9n+ ( hi/ory4 ,! regim5t is less int]e/+ z a :ole ?an any individual 9 x4 ,&1 z we are be+ extremely mat]ial & physical & animal1 9 ! wake ( our au?or1 we w leave old wives' gibes ab\t ! pr(usion ( hair1 & its *ance possible indication or sanction ( a possible neighb\r+ heal? b5ea? ! skull4 ,creative ?\ght has manife/$ itself 9 images1 9 music1 :i* is to s\nd :at ! concrete image is to sight4 ,& ! ?\ght ( g5ius1 ev5 ( ! ma!matical g5ius1 ! ma!matical prodigy1 is really ! same sort ( ?+1 x is a sudd5 out-spurt ( m9d :i* takes ! =m dem&$ by ! problem2 :i* creates ! answ]1 & baffles ! man c\nt+ on ! abacus4 ,i qu]y ! rem>ks ab\t ! sphex 9 ,*apt] ,,xix1 que le sphex s'e/ =m l5tem5t1 ,i qu]y ?is ) a conviction = :i* anyone is at lib]ty to call me lunatic1 & = :i* ,i (f] no bett] gr\nd ?an simple introspection4 ,i believe1 & on no bett] gr\nd ?an t ( a sudd5 emotion1 t ! *ange ( species is n a sl[ matt]1 manag$ by cross-bre$+1 ( nature's leporides & b>dots1 ,i believe t ! species *anges z sudd5ly z a man makes a song or a poem1 or z sudd5ly z he />ts mak+ !m1 m sudd5ly ?an he c cut a /atue 9 /one1 at mo/ z sl[ly z a locu/ or long-tail$ ,sirmione false mosquito em]ges f its outgr[n sk94 ,x is n ev5 prov$ t man is at ! end ( 8 physical *anges4 ,say t ! div]sification ( species has pass$ its mo/ s5sational phases1 say t x _h once a great /imulus f ! rapidity ( ! e>?'s cool+1 if "o accepts ! geologi/s' int]pretation ( t !rmometric cyclone4 ,! cool+ planet contracts1 x is z if "o _h "s mud 9 a t9 pail1 & =c$ d[n ! lid ) su* pressure t ! c sprung a doz5 leaks1 or x is z if "o _h ! mud 9 a l95 bag & squeez$2 m]ely z me*anics 7n c\nt+ t "o has all ! kn[n & unkn[n *emical elem5ts cool+ simultane\sly71 b m]ely z me*anics ?is contraction gives en]gy en\gh to squeeze vegetation ?r\gh ! pores ( ! imag9>y l95 & to deta* c]ta9 p>ticles1 leav+ !m /ill a mom5tum4 ,a body %\ld cool ) decreas+ spe$ 9 measure z x approa*es ! temp]ature ( its surr\nd+s2 h[ev]1 ! e>? is /ill1 ,i ?9k1 suppos$ to be w>m] ?an ! surr\nd+ unkn[n1 & is presumably /ill cool+1 or at any rate x is n prov$ t man is at ! end ( 8 physical *anges4 ,i return to hom$ gods & ! halo 9 a few p>agraphs4 ,x is n prov$ t ev5 ! sort ( impetus provid$ by a %r9k+ ( planet>y surface is d5i$ "o4 ,:at is kn[n is t man's great div]g5ce has be5 9 ! mak+ ( deta*$1 resumable tools4 ,t is to say1 if an insect c>ries a saw1 x c>ries x all ! "t4 ,! next /ep1 z 9 ! case ( ! male organ ( ! nautilus1 is to gr[ a tool & deta* x4 ,man's fir/ inv5tions are fire & ! club1 t is to say he deta*es 8 dige/ion1 he f9ds a means to get heat )\t releas+ ! calories ( ! log by int]nal combu/ion inside 8 own /oma*4 ,! inv5tion ( ! fir/ tool turn$ 8 m9d 7us+ ?is t]m 9 ! full s5se72 turn$1 let u say1 8 bra9 f 8 own body4 ,no ne$ = great] ant5n1 a fif? arm1 etc41 except1 aft] a lapse1 z a t\r de =ce1 to %[ t he is /ill "l ( 8 body4 ,t is to say ! lang\/e's long feel]s1 all sorts ( extravagances 9 nature may be tak5 z ! result ( a s+le gu% ( ?\ght4 ,a s+le out-pu% ( a dem&1 made by a sp]matic sea ( suffici5t en]gy to ca/ su* a =m4 ,to ca/ x z "o electric pole w ca/ a sp>k to ano!r4 ,to ext]iorize4 ,sometimes to act 9 ?is ) m en?usiasm ?an caution4 ,let u say q simply t light is a projection f ! lum9\s fluid1 f ! en]gy t is 9 ! bra91 d[n along ! n]ve cords :i* receive c]ta9 vibrations 9 ! eye4 ,let u suppose man capable ( ext]ioriz+ a new organ1 horn1 halo1 ,eye ( ,horns4 ,giv5 a bra9 ( ?is p[]1 comes ! "q1 :at organ1 & to :at purpose8 ,turn+ to folk-lore1 we h ,fraz] on hom$ gods1 we h ,egyptian /atues1 g5]ally suppos$ to be symbols1 ( cat-head$ & ibis-head$ gods4 ,n[ 9 a primitive community1 a man1 a volontaire1 might risk x4 ,he might want pre/ige1 au?ority1 want !m en\gh to gr[ horns & claim a div9e h]itage1 or to gr[ a cat head2 ,greek philosophy w\ld h smil$ at him1 w\ld h deprecat$ 8 o/5tation4 ,) primitive man he w\ld h risk$ a good deal1 he w\ld h be5 deifi$1 or crucifi$1 or possibly bo?4 ,today he w\ld be caught = a circus4 ,"o does n ass]t t cat-head$ gods appe>$ 9 ,egypt aft] ! ?ird dyna/y2 ! c\ntry _h a long memory & su* a ph5om5on w\ld h made "s /ir 9 ! valley4 ,! horn$ god w\ld appe> to h p]si/$1 & ! imm5sely high head ( ! ,*9ese contemplative z %[n 9 art & ! ,*9a images is ano!r /ray gra9 ( tradition4 ,b man goes on mak+ new faculties1 or =gett+ old ones4 ,t is to say y h all sorts ( aptitudes develop$ )\t ext]nal *ange1 :i* 9 an e>li] biological /ate w\ld possibly h f\nd c>nal expression4 ,y h e exploit$ hyp]-/hesia1 i4e41 e new =m ( g5ius1 f ! faculty ( he>+ f\r p>ts 9 a fugue p]fectly1 to ! e> = money 7vide ,h5ry ,james 9 ,! ,ivory ,t[] ! passages on ,mr4 ,gaw74 ,"h ,i only amplify :at ,g\rmont has indicat$ 9 ,*apt] ,,xx4 ,y h ! visualiz+ s5se1 ! /ret* ( imag9ation1 ! my/ics1--= :at !re is to !m--,santa ,!resa :o saw ! microcosmos1 hell1 heav51 purgatory complete1 ! size ( a walnut2 & y h ,mr4 ,w41 a wool-brok] 9 ,london1 :o sudd5ly at #c a4m4 visualizes ! :ole ( 8 lett]-file1 ?ree hundr$ folios2 he sees & reads p>ticul>ly ! lett] at fold] #aga1 b he sees simultane\sly ! entire cont5ts ( ! file1 ! :ole ?+ ab\t ! size ( two lumps ( dom9o sug> laid flat side to flat side4 ,rema9s precisely ! "q3 man feel+ ?is protean capacity to gr[ a new organ3 :at organ8 ,or new faculty2 :at faculty8 ,8 fir/ r5unciation1 flight1 he has rega9$1 almo/ z if ! r5unciation1 s rec5t 9 t]ms ( biology1 _h be5 committ$ 9 =esight4 ,in/9ct cons]ves only ! useful ge/ures4 ,air provides little n\ri%m5t1 & anyh[ ! fir/ great pleasure surr5d]$1 ! simple ambition to m\nt ! air has be5 rega9$ & regratifi$4 ,wat] 0 nev] surr5d]$1 man ) sub-aque\s ye>n+s is /ill1 giv5 a knife1 ! %>k's vanqui%]4 ,! new faculty8 ,)\t !n ! o/5tation ( an organ4 ,w8 ,! hypnoti/ has %[n ! vanity & ,blake ! inutility ( will+ trifles1 & black magic its futility4 ,! telepa?ic faculty8 ,9 ! fir/ place is x new8 ,h n travell]s always told cock & bull /ories ab\t its exi/5ce 9 savage ,africa8 ,is x n a faculty t man has giv5 up1 if n z useless1 at any rate z ( a v limit$ use1 a di/raction1 m bo!r ?an x is wor?8 ,lack+ a localiz+ s5se1 ! savage kn[+1 if he does1 :at happ5s some:]e else1 b nev] kn[+ q :]e4 ,! faculty 0 p]haps n wor? ! damage x does to conc5tration ( m9d on "s useful subject4 ,in/9ct pres]ves ! useful ge/ures4 ,take x t :at man wants is a capacity = cle>] und]/&+1 or = physical refre%m5t & vig\r1 are n ^! precisely ! faculties he is =ev] hamm]+ at1 p]haps /upidly8 ,muscul>ly he goes sl[ly1 a?letic records be+ con/antly worn d[n by millimetres & seconds4 ,i appe> to h ?r[n d[n bits ( my note some:at at r&om2 let me return to physiology4 ,p 7 long ignorant ( ! circulation ( ! blood2 t kn[n1 !y appe>$ to ?9k ! n]ves /ation>y2 ,g\rmont speaks ( circulation n]veuse1 b _m p /ill consid] ! n]ve z at mo/ a telegraph wire1 simply because x does n ble$ visibly :5 cut4 ,! curr5t is int]rupt$4 ,! s*ool books ( tw5ty ye>s ago 7 r vague ab\t lymph1 & v>i\s gl&s /ill baffle physicians4 ,i h n se5 ! sugge/ion t "s ( !m may s]ve r z fuses 9 an electric sy/em1 to prev5t %ort circuits1 or 9 "s v>iant or allotropic =m4 ,! sp]matozoide is1 ,i take x1 reg>d$ z a sort ( qu9tess5ce2 ! bra9 is also a qu9tess5ce1 or at lea/ 9 rapport ) all p>ts ( ! body2 ! s+le sp]matozoide dem&s simply t ! ovule %all con/ruct a human be+1 ! susp5d$ sp]matozoide 7if my wild %ot r+s ! t>get bell7 is ready to disp5se )1 9 ! lit]al s5se1 inc>nation1 en-fle%m5t4 ,%all we po/ulate ! mass ( sp]matozoides1 fir/ accumulat$ 9 susp5se1 !n specializ$8 ,?ree *annels1 hell1 purgatory1 heav51 if "o wants to foll[ yet ano!r t]m9ology3 dige/ive excretion1 inc>nation1 fre$om 9 ! imag9ation1 i4e41 ca/ into an ext]ior =mlessness1 or into =m mat]ial1 or m]ely imag9ative visually or p]haps musically or p]haps fix$ 9 "s o!r s5su\s dim5sion1 ev5 ( ta/e or od\r 7!re h be5 p]haps creative cooks & p]fum]s874 ,! dead labori\s compilation & comp>ison ( o!r m5's dead images1 all ?is is m]e lab\r1 n ! sp]matozoic act ( ! bra94 ,woman1 ! cons]vator1 ! inh]itor ( pa/ ge/ures1 clev]1 practical1 z ,g\rmont says1 n inv5tive1 always ! be/ disciple ( any inv5tor1 has be5 always ! enemy ( ! dead or labori\s =m ( compilation1 ab/raction4 ,n consid]+ ! process end$2 tak+ ! individual g5ius z ! man 9 :om ! new access1 ! new sup]fluity ( sp]matozoic pressure 7quantitative & qualitative7 up-%oots into ! bra91 alluvial ,nile-flood1 br++ new crops1 new inv5tion4 ,& z ,g\rmont says1 !re is only reason+ :]e !re is initial error1 i4e41 weakness ( ! spurt1 w&]+ se>*4 ,9 no case c x be a "q ( m]e animal quantity ( sp]m4 ,y h ! man :o we>s himself out & weak5s 8 bra91 e*o ( ! orang1 obvi\sly n ! tal5t$ sieve2 y h ! contra/$ case 9 ! type ( man :o really c n "w until he has reliev$ ! pressure on 8 sp]matic canals4 ,?is is a "q ( physiology1 x is n a "q ( morals & sociology4 ,giv5 ! sp]matozoic ?\ght1 ! two great seas ( fecundative matt]1 ! bra9 lobes1 mutually magnetiz$1 lum9\s 9 _! own k ( _! be+2 :e!r !y may be expect$ to seek ext]ior luxuria1 or :e!r !y are go+ to repeat ,augu/9e hymns1 is n 9 my jurisdiction4 ,an ext]ior p>adise might n allure !m ,la btise huma9e e/ la seule *ose qui donne une ide de l'inf9i1 says ,r5an1 & ,g\rmont has quot$ him1 & all fle% to grass1 a sup]ior grass4 ,x rema9s t man has = c5turies nibbl$ at ?is idea ( connection1 intimate connection betwe5 8 sp]m & 8 c]ebration1 ! ascetic has tri$ to )hold all 8 sp]m1 ! lure1 ! ignis fatuus p]haps1 ( want+ to sup]-?9k2 ! dope-fi5d has tri$ opium & e inf]ior to ,bac*us1 to get an extra kick out ( ! organ1 ! my/ics h s\ght ! gleam 9 ! tav]n1 ,hel5 ( ,tyre1 prie/esses 9 ! temple ( ,v5us1 9 ,indian temples1 /ray prie/esses 9 ! /reets1 un-uprootable cu/om1 & probably ) a basis ( sanity4 ,a s5se ( balance might %[ t asceticism means ei!r a dr\ght or a cr[d+4 ,! liquid solution mu/ be kept at "r consi/5cy2 "o w\ld say ! due proportion ( liquid to visc\s p>ticles1 a good circulation2 ! actual quality ( ! sieve or sep>ator1 c\nt+ p]haps mo/ ( all2 ! balance ( ejector & ret5tive m$ia4 ,p]haps ! clue is 9 ,prop]tius aft] all3 ,+5ium nobis ipsa puella fecit4 ,!re is ! :ole ( ! ,x,i,ith c5tury love cult1 & ,dante's metaphysics a little to "o side1 & ,g\rmont's ,lat9 ,my/ique2 & = image-mak+ bo? ,f5ollosa on ,! ,*9ese ,writt5 ,"*1 & ! p>agraphs 9 ,le ,problme du ,/yle4 ,at any rate ! qu>rel betwe5 c]ebrali/ & viveur & ignoranti/ ends1 if ! 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