_Raffalovich_, author of a small monograph on _Die Entwickelung der Homosexualität_ (The Development of H.), Berlin, 1895, states in a few pages more truths than many authors disclose in heavy volumes of writing. He states, for instance, that “there are no distinct barriers between heterosexuals and homosexuals.” He also emphasizes the strong self-love of homosexuals: “They have _die Leidenschaft der Æhnlichkeit_.” Footnote 45: Page 248, of the German edition. “The neurotic’s attachment to the family is an overcorrection of former lack of love and is induced by a feeling of remorse.” “Poets formulate a longing for love because of their inability to love and that drives them to their continuous chase after love adventure. Love becomes the overstressed idea and the unattainable ideal of poets.” “The poet differs from the criminal because he is aware of his incapacity to love as a handicap, and from hatred and scorn of humanity he turns to love his fellow men.” Footnote 46: _Domestikation und die secundären Geschlechtsmerkmale. Zeitschrift f. Sexualwissenschaft_, Vol. III, No. 6–7, 1916. Footnote 47: An excellent account of the history of homosexuality may be found in the work of _Hirschfeld_ (_loc. cit._). Footnote 48: Politics, II. Quoted after _Havelock Ellis_ and _I. A. Symonds_, _Das konträre Geschlechtsgefühl_, Leipzig, George H. Wiegands Verlag, 1896. Footnote 49: _Die dorische Knabenliebe_ (_Ihre Ethik and ihre Idee_), _Rheinisches Museum f. Philologie_ (Neue Folge), vol. 69, 1907. The authors prove that boy love in Hellas was introduced by the Dorians. Although traces of the custom are found also among the Ionians, boy love, like knighthood, became fashionable in Greece through the Dorians. “It was permitted only to the free citizen, the knight, while slaves were forbidden to indulge in the practice often under penalty of death. The practice was regulated by strict rules and became a state institution. In Sparta, Crete, Thebes the training for (arety) ἀρεθή, among the dominant class was based on pederasty. The lovers in Sparta were held to a strict accountability for their ‘companions’ who became attached to them from their 12th year; so that they and not their youthful companions were punished for any shameful act on the part of the latter.” “The battlefield at _Chaironeia_ was covered with the lovers ... lying in pairs.” In Crete the choice of boy lovers assumed the form of bridal theft. The lover advised the boy’s family of his intention of stealing the boy. If the family did not like the “match” it tried to avoid the capture of the boy. The higher the lover’s social position the greater was the honor felt by the boy and his family. The chosen one was afterwards sent home carrying gifts....