escence, a parasitism."

Forel (_Die Sexuelle Frage_, Ch. V) speaks very strongly in the
same sense, and considers that it is necessary to eliminate
jealousy by non-procreation of the jealous. Jealousy is, he
declares, "the worst and unfortunately the most deeply-rooted of
the 'irradiations,' or, better, the 'contrast-reactions,' of
sexual love inherited from our animal ancestors. An old German
saying, 'Eifersucht ist eine Leidenschaft die mit Eifer sucht was
Leider schafft,' says by no means too much.... Jealousy is a
heritage of animality and barbarism; I would recall this to those
who, under the name of 'injured honor,' attempt to justify it and
place it on a high pedestal. An unfaithful husband is ten times
more to be wished for a woman than a jealous husband.... We often
hear of 'justifiable jealousy.' I believe, however, that there is
no justifiable jealousy; it is always atavistic or else
pathological; at the best it is nothing more than a brutal
animal stupidity. A man who, by nature, that is by his hereditary
constitution, is jealous is certain to poison his own life and
that of his wife. Such men ought on no account to marry. Both
education and selection should work together to eliminate
jealousy as far as possible from the human brain."

Eric Gillard in an article on "Jealousy" (_Free Review_, Sept.,
1896), in opposition to those who believe that jealousy "makes
the home," declares that, on the contrary, it is the chief force
that unmakes the home. "So long as egotism waters it with the
tears of sentiment and shields it from the cold blasts of
scientific inquiry, so long will it thrive. But the time will
come when it will be burned in the Garden of Love as a noxious
weed. Its mephitic influence in society is too palpable to be
overlooked. It turns homes that might be sanctuaries of love into
hells of discord and hate; it causes suicides, and it drives
thousands to drink, reckless excesses, and madness. Makes the
home! One of your married men friends sees a probable seducer in
every man who smiles at his wife; another is jealous of his
wife's women acquaintances; a third is wounded because his wife
shows so much attention to the children. Some of the women you
know display jealousy of every other woman, of their husband's
acquaintances, and some, of his very dog.