says, "All this, you see, is a game that we are playing, but our heart
and life are the stakes, and that has an aspect which is not always
pleasing." (2)

(1) See the Dedication of "The Revolt of Islam" (and see the
"Epipsychidion").

(2) Letter to Alfred de Musset.

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Many a man's heart has been treated as a football. Yes; but many a
woman's heart has been treated as a shuttlecock.

* * *

Human beings there are--both men and women--out of whom, at a mere
touch, virtue seems to go: converse with them is stimulating; contact
enthralling. And yet,

Powerful as physical or as mental attraction may be, permanently to
retain the attracted object requires a profounder force. Perhaps,
though,

Beauty and grace and brilliancy may attract; it is only something far
more deep-seated that retains. In other words,

Charm of body and mind may appeal to body and mind; only the heart
appeals to the heart. Those who know not this, and they are