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They have at best become habits; they are friendly and jolly, and if "the life" is what they both like all rubs along smoothly enough. But love  that exquisite essence which turned the world into Paradise  is a thing flown away. THEY HAVE AT BEST BECOME HABITS THEY ARE FRIENDLY AND JOLLY BUT IF THE LIFE IS WHAT THEY BOTH LIKE ALL RUBS ALONG SMOOTHLY ENOUGH BUT LOVE THAT EXQUISITE ESSENCE WHICH TURNED THE WORLD INTO PARADISE IS A THING FLOWN AWAY
a woman and a thing to be faced only in the last extremity. So, Caroline dear, when you marry you must [Illustration: “_Marriage is the aim and end of all sensible girls._”] realize that it is for life, and it is therefore a very serious step, and not to be taken lightly. The rushing into unions without sufficient thought is the main cause of much of the modern unhappiness. How can you expect to spend peaceful, blissful years with a man whom you have taken casually just because you liked chaffing with him and dancing with him, or playing golf? Think of the hours you must spend with him when these things will be impossible, and if you have no other tastes in common you will find yourself terribly bored. In one of my books I once wrote this maxim: “It is better to marry the life you like, because after a while the man does not matter!” It was a very cynical sentence, but unfortunately true. It is only in the rarest cases that “after a while” either individual really matters to the other.  MATTER HOW THE LAW MAY BE SIMPLIFIED AND ALTERED PRESENTLY MUST ALWAYS REMAIN AS A STAIN UPON A WOMAN AND A THING TO BE FACED ONLY IN THE LAST EXTREMITY SO CAROLINE DEAR WHEN YOU MARRY YOU MUST REALIZE THAT IT IS FOR LIFE AND IT IS THEREFORE A VERY SERIOUS STEP AND NOT TO BE TAKEN LIGHTLY THE RUSHING INTO UNIONS WITHOUT SUFFICIENT THOUGHT IS THE MAIN CAUSE OF MUCH OF THE MODERN UNHAPPINESS HOW CAN YOU EXPECT TO SPEND PEACEFUL BLISSFUL YEARS WITH A MAN WHOM YOU HAVE TAKEN CASUALLY JUST BECAUSE YOU LIKE CHAFFING WITH HIM OR DANCING WITH HIM OR PLAYING GOLF THINK OF THE HOURS YOU MUST SPEND WITH HIM WHEN THESE THINGS WILL BE IMPOSSIBLE AND IF YOU HAVE NO OTHER TASTES IN COMMON YOU WILL FIND YOURSELF TERRIBLY BORED IN ONE OF MY BOOKS I ONCE WROTE THIS MAXIM IT IS BETTER TO MARRY THE LIFE YOU LIKE BECAUSE AFTER A WHILE THE MAN DOES NOT MATTER IT WAS A VERY CYNICAL SENTENCE BUT UNFORTUNATELY TRUE IT IS ONLY IN THE RAREST CASES THAT AFTER A WHILE EITHER INDIVIDUAL REALLY MATTERS TO THE OTHER
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