"Everything in life began to sing with joy, and what little of
real creative work I may have done I attribute largely to the
power of work that was born in me during those years."
HISTORY XIV.--Scotchman, aged 38. His paternal ancestors were
normal, so far as he knows. His mother belonged to a very
eccentric old Celtic family. Soon after 5 he became so enamored
of a young shepherd that the boy had to be sent away. He
practised masturbation many years before the age of puberty, and
attaches importance to this as a factor in the evolution of his
homosexual life.
He has had erotic dreams rarely about men, about women more
frequently. While indifferent to women, he has no repulsion
toward them. He has had connection with women two or three times,
but without experiencing the same passionate emotions as with
men.
He would like a son, but he has never been able to get up the
necessary amount of passion to lead to marriage.
He has always had a sentimental and Platonic affection for men.
Of late years he has formed two friendships with adults of an
affectionate and also erotic character.
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