friends devour each other without stint. Attraction is that law which
draws together two opposite elements or forces, positive and negative,
or male and female. As the nature and attributes of a human being are
multiform, so are the attractions, or loves, numerous. Ignorance of
the laws which ought to control and adjust these loves, is the prime
cause of all the misery and crime with which the earth is flooded. Two
people of the opposite sex are attracted through the intellect on this
plane, and realizing the limit of the law which draws them together,
they could be admiring friends forever; but ignorant of their needs
outside of this, they attempt to force a conjugal relationship which
too often ends in dislike. Every grade of lust and love finds
representation in the so-called marriage relation, as it stands today.
Intellects and spirits without any bodies--worth mentioning--and gross
mortal remains unvitalized by souls. The former class ignore the
claims of the physical, and gather their robes together sanctimoniously
indicating: "Avaunt, lest my purity be contaminated"; while the latter
laugh their spiritual pride and fastidiousness to scorn. The war goes
on between good and evil, whereas there is really no just ground for
difference. All that is needed for the attainment of harmony and peace
is a wise adjustment of these forces in individuals and in society.

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The growth of all true character must be slow and gradual. It is not
enough that the soul perceives the beauty of a grand, moral life, it
must also learn to live it humbly, earnestly and truly.