I have said that the Urning men in their own lives put love before money-making, business success, fame, and other motives which rule the normal man. I am sure that it is also true of them as a whole that they put love before lust. I do not feel _sure_ that this can be said of the normal man, at any rate in the present stage of evolution. It is doubtful whether on the whole the merely physical attraction is not the stronger motive with the latter type. Unwilling as the world at large is to credit what I am about to say, and great as are the current misunderstandings on the subject, I believe it is true that the Uranian men are superior to the normal men in this respect--in respect of their love-feeling--which is gentler, more sympathetic, more considerate, more a matter of the heart and less one of mere physical satisfaction than that of ordinary men.[64] All this flows naturally from the presence of the feminine element in them, and its blending with the rest of their nature. It should be expected _a priori_, and it can be noticed at once by those who have any acquaintance with the Urning world. Much of the current misunderstanding with regard to the character and habits of the Urning arises from his confusion with the ordinary _roué_ who, though of normal temperament, contracts homosexual habits out of curiosity and so forth--but this is a point which I have touched on before, and which ought now to be sufficiently clear. If it be once allowed that the love-nature of the Uranian is of a sincere and essentially humane and kindly type then the importance of the Uranian’s place in Society, and of the social work he may be able to do, must certainly also be acknowledged. FOOTNOTES [1] For the derivation of these terms see ch. ii., p. 20, _infra_. [2] See Appendix, pp. 139 and 140. [3] From _Uranos_, heaven; his idea being that the Uranian love was of a higher order than the ordinary attachment. For further about Ulrichs and his theories see Appendix, pp. 157-159. [4] Charles G. Leland (“Hans Breitmann”) in his book “The Alternate Sex” (Wellby, 1904), insists much on the frequent combination of the characteristics of both sexes in remarkable men and women, and has a chapter on “The Female Mind in Man,” and another on “The Male Intellect in Woman.” [5] Some late statistical inquiries (see “Statistische Untersuchungen,” von Dr. M. Hirschfeld, Leipzig, 1904) yield 1.5 to 2.0 per cent. as a probable ratio. See also Appendix, pp. 134-136. [6] For instances, see Appendix, pp. 149-153. [7] See De Joux, “Die Enterbten des Liebesglückes” (Leipzig, 1893), p. 21. [8] “Psychopathia Sexualis,” 7th ed., p. 276. [9] See Appendix, pp. 153-156. [10] A good deal in this description may remind readers of history of the habits and character of Henry III. of France.