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The author believes the latency period has been neglected in analysis and in investigative studies. This phase creates 'social virtues by sublimation… The latency period is the reaction-formation that ends each developmental stage of mankind.' It is analogous to hibernation, and serves as a barrier against the psychotic threats of the archaic past.