Conjugial Love (Rogers) n. 224

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224. (15) Where a truly conjugial love exists, this atmosphere is received by the wife, and by the husband solely through his wife. It is a secret unknown today that in the case of people who are in a state of truly conjugial love, this atmosphere is received by the husband solely through his wife. And yet it is not really a secret, because it is possible for a man about to be married or just recently married to be aware of it. Is he not then affected with a conjugial warmth by whatever emanates from his fianc-e or new bride, and not at that time by anything emanating from others of her sex? It is the same with people who live together in a state of truly conjugial love. Moreover, because everyone has an atmosphere of life surrounding him, both man and woman, heavily around the breast and lightly around the back, it is apparent why husbands who really love their wives turn towards them and daily look upon them with kindly countenance, and conversely, why those who do not love their wives turn away from them and daily regard them with averted gaze. A husband's receiving the conjugial atmosphere solely through his wife is the mark by which truly conjugial love is recognized and differentiated from conjugial love that is illusory, feigned, or cold.


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