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July 16/69 Sexual Selection — Man

The man which whatever they may have been as boys, when adult are strongest, biggest & most courageous eager lovers, & most energetic Hunter, get wives & bear & rear most progeny — They exercise same qualities & prowess & when adult & thus increase them. Hence they tend to be transmitted to their male offspring offspring alone. The females do not exercise these qualities so much when adult & do not may increase from inheriting them - hence they do not transmit much to female offspring.

[in margin:] (Genius)

Genius so much depends on energy, & perseverance & patient determination — (patience and genius as a gift will be that high genius of ♂ compared with ♀ — that is man succeeding better than ♀, may be wholly due to the qualities which naturally follow from sexual selection

Boys / Girls} Educated & trained whilst young cd transmit to both sexes

Women wd have to be improved when adult to improve [illeg] of women—

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Imagination

Even with respect to work of art, of a person with equal imagination or original inventive powers, one that one with most determined energy, who had greatest power of energetic thoughts & strength, & who by [illeg] of mind & observation has acquired the greatest number of ideas & could longest brood over them with the most determined energy & perseverance wd produce the greatest works.—