Men were only made into "men" with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally "a man" any more than the woman. He has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse.
Bio: Sir Henry Maximilian "Max" Beerbohm was an English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist. He first became known in the 1890s as a dandy and a humorist.