development of the individual; for it is only in so intimate a
relationship as that of sex that the finest graces and aptitudes of
life have full scope." This does not imply that married life does not
call for the exercise of self-restraint and continence, in this as in
other respects.

Those who regard marital relations as an opportunity for unbridled
sexual indulgence are not likely to win success in an adventure of
considerable difficulty in which all that is fine in man or woman will
find full scope for development. But it does mean that sexual intimacy
has a value in itself as an expression in the terms of the body of the
love which unites husband and wife, and that, when duly controlled, it
leads to health and general harmony.