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And what is reverence--?

The soul's acknowledgment of the purity of another--and purity in this

sense means truth and honor, and lofty aims--not the denial of all

passion, or the practice of asceticism

I utterly reverence Alathea, and yet I am sure with thatbut cold How on God's earth can I make

her lovehad to see the

specialist about my eye, he thinks the socket is so lass one in now much sooner than

Christmas I wonder if some self confidence will return when I can feel

people are not revolted when looking at ain is

super-sensitiveness Of course no one is revolted--they feel pity--and

that is perhaps worse When I gettoo, shall I have the nerve to

make love to Alathea and use all the arts which used to be so successful

in the old days?

I believe if I were back in 1914--I should still be as nervous as a cat

ith her--Is this one of the sye Harcourt has many maxims upon the subject of love--One is that a

Frenchlishman more of the

sensations of love--and an Austrian of the emotions of love-- I wonder

if this is true? He also says that a woman does not really appreciate a