And the very opposite is supposed to hold good of all other forms 105

The right form depends on the conformity of each of the lovers
to a certain inward standard 105

As we can see exemplified in the case of Othello and Desdemona,
etc. 107

The kind and not the degree of the love is what gives love its
special value 108

And the selection of this kind can be neither made nor justified
on positive principles 109

As the following quotations from Théophile Gautier will show us 110

Which are supposed by many to embody the true view of love 110

According to this view, purity is simply a disease both in man
and woman, or at any rate no merit 116

If love is to be a moral end, this view must be absolutely
condemned 117

But positivism cannot condemn it, or support the opposite view 117

As we shall see by recurring to Professor Huxley's argument 118

Which will show us that all moral language as applied to love is
either distinctly religious or else altogether ludicrous 122