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Chapter XLIII

           

           ButmystudyofStrickland’scharactersuffersfromagreaterdefectthanmyignoranceofmanyfacts.Becausetheywereobviousandstriking,Ihavewrittenofhisrelationstowomen;andyettheywerebutaninsignificantpartofhislife.Itisanironythattheyshouldsotragicallyhaveaffectedothers.Hisreallifeconsistedofdreamsandoftremendouslyhardwork.

           Hereliestheunrealityoffiction.Forinmen,asarule,loveisbutanepisodewhichtakesitsplaceamongtheotheraffairsoftheday,andtheemphasislaidonitinnovelsgivesitanimportancewhichisuntruetolife.Therearefewmentowhomitisthemostimportantthingintheworld,andtheyarenotveryinterestingones;evenwomen,withwhomthesubjectisofparamountinterest,haveacontemptforthem.Theyareflatteredandexcitedbythem,buthaveanuneasyfeelingthattheyarepoorcreatures.Butevenduringthebriefintervalsinwhichtheyareinlove,mendootherthingswhichdistracttheirmind;thetradesbywhichtheyearntheirlivingengagetheirattention;theyareabsorbedinsport;theycaninterestthemselvesinart.Forthemostpart,theykeeptheirvariousactivitiesinvariouscompartments,andtheycanpursueonetothetemporaryexclusionoftheother.Theyhaveafacultyofconcentrationonthatwhichoccupiesthematthemoment,anditirksthemifoneencroachesontheother.Aslovers,thedifferencebetweenmenandwomenisthatwomencanlovealldaylong,butmenonlyattimes.

           WithStricklandthesexualappetitetookaverysmallplace.Itwasunimportant.Itwasirksome.Hissoulaimedelsewhither.

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