An Individual (n.) is like a planet, rotating on his own axis while revolving with mankind around a central body — but here the forces visibly contend.
An Individual (n.) is virtually an enemy of civilization, though civilization is supposed to be the interest of all.
An Individual (n.) is an unknown, unconscious id with an ego resting on its surface like the germinal disc on an egg.
An Individual (n.) leads a double life — for his own ends and as a link in a chain he serves against his will: the mortal vehicle of an immortal substance, like the heir of an entailed estate.
The Individual (n.) thinks himself the main thing and his sexuality a means; to biology he is an episode, a short-lived appendage to an immortal germ-plasm, like the temporary holder of an entail.