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is the Beauty which may be revealed. The man 

 will be in the prime of his manhood, and the 

 woman in the prime of her womanhood. The 

 man manly and radiating manhood, the woman 

 womanly and radiating womanhood : their man- 

 hood and womanhood welling up within them, 

 each eager to answer the call of the other. 



Hers will be no light and shallow beauty insipid 

 as milk and water, but will be sweet as the violet, 

 delicate as the primrose, pure as the lily, yet with 

 all the sweetness, delicacy and purity, radiant as the 

 sunrise. And they will be no pale and puny lovers, 

 soft and mild as doves, and content to lead a dull 

 and trivial life. They will be high of spirit, grace- 

 ful, swift, and supple as the greyhound ; and as 

 keenly intent on living a full and varied life with 

 every moment of it worth while as ever the grey- 

 hound is in pursuing its object. They will be cap- 

 able of intense and passionate emotion, yet with all 

 their eager impulsiveness they will have wills strong 

 to keep themselves in hand, and to maintain their 

 direction true through all the mazy intricacies of life 

 and love. 



In the bringing together of such a pair Natural 

 Beauty will play a vitally important part. Of all 

 objects that Nature has produced — of all the off- 

 spring of the Earth — such a man and woman are the 

 most beautiful. And we may assume that as 

 they are drawn to each other they will put forth 

 the very best of themselves and give out the utmost 

 beauty that is in them. Moreover, they will be 

 more beautiful to each other than they are to any- 

 body else. Unconsciously they will reveal to each 



