De Joux, who has already been quoted on the subject, expresses the finer sensibilities of the superior type of Urning, and his consciousness of the same, in the following words: “It is true that we are often inferior to normal men in force of will, worldly wisdom, and sense of duty; but on the other hand, in depth and delicacy of feeling and every virtue of the heart, we are far superior. We cannot _love_ women, but we lament with them, and help them on the hearth and by the cradle, in need and loneliness, as their most unselfish friends.... We do not despise women because they are weak, for we are much clearer-sighted, much less prejudiced than the so-called lords of creation, much nobler, more helpful, and just minded than they.... Anyhow, if either of the sexes has cause to withhold its respect in any degree from the other--which has the most cause? Say what you will of them, the second and third sexes--women and Urnings--are ever so much better than the brutal egotistical men, who today are plunged in grossest materialism; for, with whatever corruption, both the former are still of purer heart, easier kindled towards whatever is good, and more capable of genuine enthusiasm and love of their fellows than the latter.” In a sense, then, we may say that the so-called Intermediate Sex is older and nearer to nature than the differentiated male and female sexes. It may be considered a modern holdover, or vestige, of the bisexual character typical of primitive beings and organisms. But when found in the _genus homo_--when not debauched by a vicious environment or distorted by an unfavorable heredity--it may, as we have seen, reach the highest stage of human fruition. Transcriber’s Note: - Text that was in italics is enclosed by underscores (_italics_). - Minor punctuation errors have been changed without notice. - Spelling was retained as in the original except for the following changes: Page 1: “GIRARD, RANSAS” to “GIRARD, KANSAS” Page 6: “there are the vestigal” to “there are the vestigial” Page 23: “called Urniaster” to “called Uraniaster” Page 23: “(c) Urano-dioing” to “(c) Urano-dioning” Page 28: “immortalization was attrained” to “immortalization was attained” Page 35: “this group. They plays” to “this group. They play” Page 35: “the voice looses” to “the voice loses” Page 36: “describing the Koriaks: Krashenininikoff” to “describing the Koriaks: Krasheninnikoff” Page 40: “Michael Angelo, Leonardi da Vinci” to “Michael Angelo, Leonardo da Vinci” Page 45: “which is character of paranoics” to “which is characteristic of paranoiacs” Page 46: “The preverse craving” to “The perverse craving” Page 47: “movements of the skeletal appartus” to “movements of the skeletal apparatus” Page 50: “exaggered and exalted” to “exaggerated and exalted” Page 56: “thought not an infallible” to “though not an infallible” Page 60: “it was a well-night” to “it was a well-nigh”