[17] It might be said that, notwithstanding this, the female obviously has the greater sway, on account of the conjunction taking place within the body of the mother, and subject to all her influences. But there is a curious compensation to this in the fact that while after conjugation the centrosome of the germ-cell disappears, the male centrosome is retained and becomes the organ of division for the new cell, and consequently for the whole future body. (See _Parallel Paths_, p. 56; also Professor E. B. Wilson in _The Cell_, p. 171.) [18] “That a cell can carry with it the sum total of the heritage of the species, that it can in the course of a few days or weeks give rise to a mollusk or a man, is the greatest marvel of biological science” (_The Cell_, p. 396). [19] For summary of the conclusions of this chapter, see Appendix, _infra_, p. 289. [20] Havelock Ellis’s very fine essay on “The Art of Love” (see his _Studies in the Psychology of Sex_, vol. vi, ch. xi) must also be mentioned, as including much of the subject matter of the above treatises, but having a very much wider scope and outlook. [21] See _The Cell_, by E. B. Wilson, p. 391; _Das Leben_, by Jacques Loeb (Leipzig, 1911), pp. 10–20, &c. It seems also to be thought that gall-formations on plants, tumors on animal bodies, &c., are instances of such chemical or indirect fertilization. [22] Translation by J. Wright, M.A., _Golden Treasury Series_, p. 57. [23] _Psychology of Sex_, vol. vi. p. 517. [24] _Studies in the Psychology of Sex_, vol. i. [25] _Ars. Am._ iii. 605. [26] _Psychology of Sex_, vol. vi. p. 542. [27] _Ibid._, p. 544. [28] “The disgrace which has overtaken the sexual act, and rendered it a deed of darkness, is doubtless largely responsible for the fact that the chief time for its consummation among modern civilized peoples is the darkness of the early night in stuffy bedrooms when the fatigue of the day’s labors is struggling with the artificial stimulation produced by heavy meals and alcoholic drinks. This habit is partly responsible for the indifference or even disgust with which women sometimes view coitus” (H. Ellis, _Studies in the Psychology of Sex_, vol. vi. p. 558). [29] See H. Ellis, vol. v. pp. 11 and 12. [30] See also Kraft-Ebing, _Psychopathia sexualis_, 7th edition, p. 165. [31] _Modern Woman: Her Intentions_, p. 30. [32] English edition; Heinemann, 1906. [33] Fischer, Berlin, p. 192. [34] Berlin, 1910, p. 290. [35] Berlin, 1905, p. 332. English translation, _Love and Marriage_; Putnam’s, 1911. [36] See chapter on “Visions of the Dying” in _Death: its Causes and Phenomena_, by Carrington and Meader (1911); also _infra_, ch. vi. p. 103. [37] See H. Pieron, “Contribution à la Psychologie des Mourants,” in _Revue Philosophique_, Dec., 1902. [38] See _Civilization: its Cause and Cure_ (George Allen, 2s. 6d.), pp. 11–21. [39] See Carrington and Meader on _Death: its Causes and Phenomena_, p. 300.