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The highest type of human love is a result of 

 this unique development of man and woman. To 

 borrow a figure, human love has emerged from 

 its chrysalis state; it has become the beautiful 

 imago. 



In the early pages of this book it was said that 

 love was almost as great a mystery as life. Love, 

 too, is a physiological fact, universal in its opera- 

 tion, wonderful in its development, mighty in its 

 consequences. But in man, and we know not how 

 much below him, it is more than a physiological 

 fact. 



Love glorifies human life, it transforms the 

 nature, enlarges the sympathies, is the source of 

 the mightiest inspirations. 



In the glow of this divine passion the lover sees 

 in his beloved the centre of all beauty, all good. 



His own nature softens, widens, deepens. In 

 her presence he has visions of greatness, of 

 immortality. 



Egoism gives way to a sublime altruism ; he is 

 ready to give all for his beloved. Nor is this the 

 end; the new and powerful emotions which assail 

 him overflow on all sides, — he has developed a 

 sympathy with the whole human race. Love grows 

 so luxuriantly and blossoms so divinely that it em- 

 braces human life and all Nature. Man sees new 

 and unsuspected beauties in the world about him; 

 he feels a strong impulse to new endeavors ; he is 

 lifted into a region of inspiration whence he often 



