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Ellis, Havelock, 1859-1939

"Sexual Inversion"

At times physical desire
broke down these barriers, but I practised considerable restraint
physically, though not mentally, and made great efforts to
conquer my aversion from women and extreme devotion for men,
without the slightest success. I was 30, however, before I found
a companion to love me in the way my nature required. I am quite
a healthy person, and capable of working at very high pressure.
Under sexual freedom I have become stronger."

HISTORY XXII.--T.J., aged 50; man of letters. Height 5 feet 7
inches; weight 10 stone, but formerly much less. Belongs to an
entirely normal family, all married and with children.
"Owing to the fact that my mother suffered from some malady the
whole period of gestation prior to my birth, I came into the
world so puny a child, so ill-nourished, that for some time the
doctors despaired of my life. Till the age of puberty, though
never ill, I suffered greatly from delicate health. I was
abnormally sensitive and all my affections and passions
extraordinarily developed.


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