Chapter XI

SEXUAL SELECTION AS AN AGENCY TO ACCOUNT FOR THE DIFFERENCES
BETWEEN THE RACES OF MAN.

Struggle of the Males for the Possession of the Females 236

Courtship among the Lower Animals 237

Why the Male plays the more Active Part in Courting 239

Transmission of Sexual Characteristics 240

An Objection answered 242

Difference between the Sexes created by Sexual Selection 243

How Woman could be made to reach the Standard of Man 246

“Characteristic Selfishness of Man” 247

No Universal Standard of Beauty among Mankind 248

Development of the Beard 249

Development of the Marriage-Tie 250

Unnatural Selection in Marriage 252

Modifying Influences in Both Sexes 254

“Grounds that will never be shaken” 256

XII.

THE EXPRESSION OF THE EMOTIONS IN MAN AND OTHER ANIMALS.

The Principle of Associated Habit 258

The Principle of Antithesis 261

Origin of the Principle of Antithesis 263

The Principle of the Action of the Excited Nervous System on the
Body 265