Unfolded Out of the Folds
UNFOLDED out of the folds of the woman, man comes unfolded, and is always tocome unfolded;Unfolded only out of the superbest woman of the earth, is to come the superbestman 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 form’d ofperfect body;Unfolded only out of the inimitable poem of the woman, can come the poems ofman—(only thence have my poems come;)Unfolded out of the strong and arrogant woman I love, only thence can appear thestrong and arrogant man I love;Unfolded by brawny embraces from the well-muscled woman I love, only thence comethe brawny embraces of the man;Unfolded out of the folds of the woman’s brain, come all the folds of theman’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 jotof 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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