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Rh your mind! For need I inform you, that in this mind of yours, there must, of necessity, be some ruling love, to which every other love shall be in subjection, and that it remains with you to decide what this ruling love shall be, whether the love of and of your neighbour, or the love of self and of the world? It consequently remains with you to decide, what shall be the quality and character of your mind’s head, since the ruling love, of necessity, constitutes the head; and also, what shall be the quality and character of the trunk, of the arms and hands, and of the legs and feet, &c. For if you are wise to make the love of and of your neighbour your ruling love, then this spiritual love will, by degrees, gain the ascendancy over all natural loves, so as to reduce them to its own heavenly order, in which blessed case, every natural love, such as the natural love of glory, of wealth, of talent, of science, &c. will take a subordinate place, and assume a subordinate character, either of an arm and hand, or of a leg and foot, and will thus add to the perfection, beauty, and power of the mind, of which it is a member. On the other hand, if you are unwise to exalt the love of self and of the world to dominion in your own mind, by making it your ruling love, in this unhappy case, this natural and earthly love will, by degrees, become