She would love you if she thought you were just a
common man, like George Washington or Abraham Lincoln; so, if you tell
her you are poverty-stricken and prodigal, and it be true, then she
will think that she had rather have a demi-god, poor as Job's turkey,
than a common young man, like your brother or your friend, with all the
gold of King Plutus! Bring to her an honest heart, and you will, indeed,
bring treasures before her, and she would have no right to complain,
even were she so inclined. Love does not seem to be a matter of
volition--
OF "WANT TO, OR DON'T WANT TO."
"No man or woman," says Arthur Helps, "was ever cured of love by
discovering the falseness of his or her lover. The living together for
three long rainy days in the country, has done more to dispel love than
all the perfidies in love that have ever been committed." Just think of
that during all the time of your courtship. Dread the "living together,"
and when you come to stand the test, the test will not be too great for
you. A young man, truly, doesn't need to be married, as a full-grown one
does.
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