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| 1 | Chastity is the cement of civilization and progress. |
| | Without it there is no stability in society, and without it |
| 3 | one cannot attain the Science of Life. |
| | [[[Union of the masculine and feminine qualities consti- |
| | tutes completeness. The masculine mind reaches a |
| 6 | higher tone through certain elements of the | Mental elements |
| | feminine, while the feminine mind gains cour- |
| | age and strength through masculine qualities. These |
| 9 | different elements conjoin naturally with each other, and |
| | their true harmony is in spiritual oneness. Both sexes |
| | should be loving, pure, tender, and strong. The attrac- |
| 12 | tion between native qualities will be perpetual only as it |
| | is pure and true, bringing sweet seasons of renewal like |
| | the returning spring.]]] |
| 15 | Beauty, wealth, or fame is incompetent to meet the |
| | demands of the affections, and should never weigh |
| | against the better claims of intellect, good- | Affection's demands |
| 18 | ness, and virtue. Happiness is spiritual, |
| | born of Truth and Love. It is unselfish; therefore |
| | it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to |
| 21 | share it. |
| | Human affection is not poured forth vainly, even |
| | though it meet no return. Love enriches the nature, en- |
| 24 | larging, purifying, and elevating it. The wintry | Help and discipline |
| | blasts of earth may uproot the flowers of affec- |
| | tion, and scatter them to the winds; but this severance |
| 27 | of fleshly ties serves to unite thought more closely to |
| | God, for Love supports the struggling heart until it ceases |
| | to sigh over the world and begins to unfold its wings for |
| 30 | heaven. |
| | Marriage is unblest or blest, according to the disap- |
| | pointments it involves or the hopes it fulfils. To happify |
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