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 in that respect, from our own case; and thus, in each of their cases, as in our own, from one-third to onehalf of the inner planets, respectively, had already entered the higher life.

In this remarkable ternary system, the blue and green were respectively slight in hue; but the red hue, being decidedly strong, gave expectation of marked peculiarity; and, as we shall see, this expectation was not disappointed. The peculiarity of the Blues was mainly limited to an extravagant pride, or rather a proudly independent naturalness, showing itself, for instance, in female dress, which, with them, is always cut with exclusive reference to the form of the wearer; whereas with us, at least in the simple old times a thousand years ago, to show off the dress was always the prime consideration, and one also, as I need hardly point out, of exemplary modesty and humility as compared with those proud Blues.

The Greens, again, present a somewhat kindred peculiarity in the sex; for fashionable and high-bred ladies, especially if they are otherwise personally attractive, study the very plainest costumes, as interfering least with the effect of personal quality or superiority. Only the shy and timid, the excessively modest and distrustful of their own attractions, cover themselves with ornaments, in the two-fold hope of diverting attention from themselves to their jewels, and of making up for deficiencies which they modestly acknowledge. Thus the most brilliant