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out of the folds of the woman, man comes
 * unfolded, as is always to come unfolded,

Unfolded only out of the superbest woman of the
 * earth, is to come the superbest man of the earth,

Unfolded out of the friendliest woman, is to come
 * the friendliest man,

Unfolded only out of the perfect body of a woman,
 * can a man be formed of perfect body,

Unfolded only out of the inimitable poem of the
 * woman, can come the poems of man—only
 * thence have my poems come,

Unfolded out of the strong and arrogant woman I
 * love, only thence can appear the strong and
 * arrogant man I love,

Unfolded by brawny embraces from the well-muscled
 * woman I love, only thence come the brawny
 * embraces of the man,

Unfolded out of the folds of the woman's brain, come
 * all the folds of the man's brain, duly obedient,

Unfolded out of the justice of the woman, all justice
 * is unfolded,

Unfolded out of the sympathy of the woman is all
 * sympathy;

A man is a great thing upon the earth, and through
 * eternity—but every jot of the greatness of man
 * is unfolded out of woman,

First the man is shaped in the woman, he can then be
 * shaped in himself.

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