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other what they can reveal to none other but 

 themselves. Insensibly the windows of their souls 

 will be opened to each other. The lovelight in 

 their eyes — the lovelight which can only be shown 

 to each other — will discover to them hidden depths 

 of beauty they had never gathered they possessed. 

 And this beauty will be something more than 

 mere prettiness or handsomeness of face. The 

 man will see the beauty of the woman — and she 

 his — not only in the face and features, but in the 

 presence, bearing, and carriage, in the gestures, 

 movements, and behaviour. Behind the outward 

 aspect he will see the inward spirit, the real self, 

 the true nature, the radiant personality. And the 

 beauty that he sees will fill him with a passionate 

 yearning; both to give and to possess. He will want 

 both to give the utmost and best of himself, and also 

 to possess what so satisfies all the cravings of the 

 soul. And whether it be to give or to possess that 

 he most wants he will be unable to distinguish. But, 

 in the craving to give and possess, the highest stimu- 

 lus will be afforded him to exert every faculty to its 

 limit. The effort will give zest, and with zest will 

 come added powers of vision, so that he will be able 

 to see both her and his inmost and utmost capabili- 

 ties. And though the force of outward circum- 

 stances may prevent both her and him from ever 

 completely fulfilling those latent possibilities, what 

 they see of themselves and of each other in those 

 divine moments may nevertheless be a perfectly true 

 vision of their real and fundamental nature. Love 

 is not so blind as is supposed. Love is capable of 

 seeing clearer and deeper than any other faculty. 



