She answered, as all genuine women must answer: 

“Your noble mind, your splendid talents, your martial prowess which maimed you, are what I love.  As long as you retain sufficient body to contain the casket of your soul, which alone is what I admire, I love you all the same, and long to make you mine forever.”

9.  SOFT MEN.—­All women despise soft and silly men more than all other defects in their character.  Woman never can love a man whose conversation is flat and insipid.  Every man seeking woman’s appreciation or love should always endeavor to show his intelligence and manifest an interest in books and daily papers.  He should read books and inform himself so that he can talk intelligently upon the various topics of the day.  Even an ignorant woman always loves superior intelligence.

10.  SEXUAL VIGOR.—­Women love sexual vigor in men.  This is human nature.  Weakly and delicate fathers have weak and puny children, though the mother may be strong and robust.  A weak mother often bears strong children, if the father is physically and sexually vigorous.  Consumption is often inherited from fathers, because they furnish the body, yet more women die with it because of female obstructions.  Hence women love passion in men, because it endows their offspring with strong functional vigor.

11.  PASSIONATE MEN—­The less passion any woman possesses, the more she prizes a strong passionate man.  This is a natural consequence, for if she married one equally passionless, their children would be poorly endowed or they would have none; she therefore admires him who makes up the deficiency.  Hence very amorous men prefer quiet, modest and reserved women.

12.  HOMELY MEN are admired by women if they are large, strong and vigorous and possess a good degree of intelligence.  Looks are trifles compared with the other qualities which man may possess.

13.  YOUNG MAN, If you desire to win the love and admiration of young ladies, first, be intelligent; read books and papers; remember what you read, so you can talk about it.  Second, be generous and do not show a stingy and penurious disposition when in the company of ladies.  Third, be sensible, original, and have opinions of your own and do not agree with everything that someone else says, or agree with everything that a lady may say.  Ladies naturally admire genteel and intelligent discussions and conversations when there is someone to talk with who has an opinion of his own.  Woman despises a man who has no opinion of his own; she hates a trifling disposition and admires leadership, original ideas, and looks up to man as a leader.  Women despise all men whom they can manage, overrule, cow-down and subdue.

14.  BE SELF-SUPPORTING.—­The young man who gives evidence of thrift is always in demand.  Be enthusiastic and drive with success all that you undertake.  A young man, sober, honest and industrious, holding a responsible position or having a business of his own, is a prize that some bright and beautiful young lady would like to draw.  Woman admires a certainty.