E。g。，“Ouryoungpeoplearediseasedwiththetheologicalproblemsoforiginalsin，originofevil，predestination，andthelike。Theseneverpresentedapracticaldifficultytoanyman——neverdarkenedacrossanyman’sroad，whodidnotgooutofhiswaytoseekthem。Thesearethesoul’smumps，andmeasles，andwhooping-coughs，etc。Emerson：SpiritualLaws。
Thepsychologicalbasisofthetwice-borncharacterseemstobeacertaindiscordancyorheterogeneityinthenativetemperamentofthesubject，anincompletelyunifiedmoralandintellectualconstitution。
“Homoduplex，homoduplex！”writesAlphonseDaudet。“ThefirsttimethatIperceivedthatIwastwowasatthedeathofmybrotherHenri，whenmyfathercriedoutsodramatically，’Heisdead，heisdead！’Whilemyfirstselfwept，mysecondselfthought，’Howtrulygivenwasthatcry，howfineitwouldbeatthetheatre。’Iwasthenfourteenyearsold。
“Thishorribledualityhasoftengivenmematterforreflection。
Oh，thisterriblesecondme，alwaysseatedwhilsttheotherisonfoot，acting，living，suffering，bestirringitself。ThissecondmethatIhaveneverbeenabletointoxicate，tomakeshedtears，orputtosleep。Andhowitseesintothings，andhowitmocks！”[87]