Hurian Physiology. 

 CHAPTER VI. 



LOVE AND MARRIAGE. 



Sexual Attraction Various Kinds of Love Attraction of Opposites First 

 L O ve Spiritual Loves Loves that should not End in Marriage 

 Various Forms of Marriage Sexual Relations of Animals Reasons 

 for Monogamy Celibacy Who Have a Right to Marry Should 

 Marriage be for Life? Divorce. 



THE attraction of the sexes for each other, though based upon 

 the dual principle of generation which pervades the living 

 world, and which has its analogies in the attractive forces of 

 matter, yet pervades the whole being. Love is not merely the 

 instinctive desire of physical union, which has for its object the 

 continuation of the species ; it belongs to the mind as well as 

 the body ; it warms, invigorates, and elevates every sentiment, 

 every feeling, and in its highest, purest, most diffusive form, 

 unites us to God, and all creatures in Him. 



All love is essentially the same, but modified according to its 

 objects, and by the character of the one who loves. The love 

 of children for their parents, of parents for offspring, brotherly 

 and sisterly love, the love of friendship, of charity, and the 

 fervour of religious love, are modifications of the same senti- 

 ment the attraction that draws us to our kindred, our kind 

 that binds together all races, and humanity itself, resting on the 

 Fatherhood of God, and the brotherhood of man. It is but 

 natural that this love should vary in degrees. Attractions are 

 proportional to proximity. Family is nearer than country ; we 

 prefer our own nation to the rest of the race. 



Each individual also has his own special attractions and 

 repulsions. There is love at first sight, and friendship at first 

 sight. We feel some persons pleasant to us ; to be near them 

 is a delight. Generally, such feelings are mutual like flows 



