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Rh kind, with no time or desire to allow the mind to dwell on anything of a sentimental nature, the development of sex is retarded, and should this complete absorption long continue, this dormant condition may remain all through life, though this is a rare occurrence. Many become so engrossed in life's duties or ambitions that love goes by them year after year, until some face, some sympathetic individuality, appeals to them, and awakens to life their desire for the tenderness and companionship of the marital relation.

Now the reader may ask, at what age should I marry? First, when you have attained complete maturity; second, after you have met one for whom you have a deep, reverential love, which, of course, must be returned with the same fervor and strength. But suppose I meet no one for whom I have this reverential love? you may ask. Well, do not marry until you do experience this. Marriage is sanctified, not by tho ceremony which binds the pair in a civil contract, but by love; it is made holy, reverential, by the