LIFE COMPANIONSHIP 



conditions, and the attitude of mind with which diffi- 

 culties are met. 



The key to success in this regard is to be found in 

 mutual confidence. The greatest success anywhere in 

 life, says Emerson, is attained through "confidence 

 and a perfect understanding between sincere people." 

 Nowhere else is this truer than in regard to the rela- 

 tions of man and wife. The woman whose chief hold 

 upon her husband is the magnetism of mere physical 

 beauty, holds him by a chain that is more than likely 

 some day to break. Physical passion is indeed the 

 most powerful of magnets, but it is not the most per- 

 manent. The true cable of steel between heart and 

 heart is to be found in that profounder sentiment 

 called friendship, albeit physical attraction forms 

 assuredly one important strand of that cable. 



Lose no time then in establishing with your con- 

 jugal companion those bonds of confidential sympathy 

 that are the only secure foundations of permanent affec- 

 tion. Give full confidence and expect it, regarding 

 your past, your present, and your hopes for the future. 

 Let there be no hesitancy and no reservation. Be 

 sedulous in your efforts to appreciate the point of view 

 of your companion; for sympathy the human soul 

 must have, and it were hazardous indeed to have this 

 found in greater measure without the home than within 

 its portals. Broaden your interests to include the tastes 

 of your associate. Strive always to make reasonable 

 allowance for the imperfectibility of human nature, 

 and to remedy your own faults even while condoning the 

 faults of the other. 



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