same antipathy to women;
he hates even to speak of marriage.

There has only been one really strong attraction, toward a man of
about the same age, but of different social class, and somewhat a
contrast to him, both physically and mentally. So far as the
physical act is concerned this relationship is not definitely
sexual, but it is of the most intimate possible kind, and the
absence of the physical act is probably largely due to
circumstances. At the same time there is no conscious desire for
the act for its own sake, and the existing harmony and
satisfaction are described as very complete. There is no
repulsion to the physical side, and he regards the whole
relationship as quite natural.

HISTORY II.--B.O., English, aged 35, missionary abroad. A brother
is more definitely inverted. B.O. has never had any definitely
homosexual relationships, although he has always been devoted to
boys; nor has he had any relationships with women. "As regards
women," he says, "I feel I have not the patience to try and
understand them; they are petulant and changeable," etc. He
objects to being called "abnormal," and thinks that people like
himself are "_extremely_ common."

"I have never wanted to kiss boys," he writes, "nor to handle
them in any way except to put my arm around them at their studies
and at other similar times. Of course, with really little boys,
it is different, but boys and girls under 14 seem to me much
alike, and I can love either equally well. As to any sort of
sexual connection between myself and one of my own sex, I cannot
think of it otherwise than with disgust. I can imagine great
pleasure in having connection with a woman, but their natures do
not attract me. Indeed, my liking for my own sex seems to consist
almost entirely in a preference for the masculine character, and
the feeling that as an object to _look at_ the male body is
really more beautiful than the female. When any strong
temptations to sexual passion come over me in my waking moments,
it is of women I think. On the other hand, I have to confess that
after being with some lad I love for an hour or two, I have
sometimes felt my sexual organs roused. But only once in my life
have I experienced a strong desire to sleep in the same bed with
a particular lad, and even then no idea of doing anything