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593 of God, from which He fashions all that is beautiful and inspiring. It is an
594 interpretation which would, when properly understood, bring harmony out of
595 the chaos which exists in too many marriages. The disharmonies often expressed
596 in the form of nagging, may usually be traced to lack of knowledge on the
597 subject of sex. Where love, romance and the proper understanding of the
598 emotion and function of sex abide, there is no disharmony between married
599 people.
600 Fortunate is the husband whose wife understands the true relationship between
601 the emotions of love, sex, and romance. When motivated by this holy
602 triumvirate, no form of labor is burdensome, because even the most lowly form
603 of effort takes on the nature of a labor of love.
604 It is a very old saying that "a man's wife may either make him or break him," but
605 the reason is not always understood. The "making" and "breaking" is the result
606 of the wife's understanding, or lack of understanding of the emotions of love,
607 sex, and romance. Despite the fact that men are polygamous, by the very nature
608 of their biological inheritance, it is true that no woman has as great an influence
609 on a man as his wife, unless he is married to a woman totally unsuited to his
610 nature. If a woman permits her husband to lose interest in her, and become more
611 interested in other women, it is usually because of her ignorance, or indifference
612 toward the subjects of sex, love, and romance. This statement presupposes, of
613 course, that genuine love once existed between a man and his wife.
614 The facts are equally applicable to a man who permits his wife's interest in him to
615 die. Married people often bicker over a multitude of trivialities. If these are
616 analyzed accurately, the real cause of the trouble will often be found to be
617 indifference, or ignorance on these subjects. Man's greatest motivating force is
618 his desire to please woman! The hunter who excelled during prehistoric days,
619 before the dawn of civilization, did so, because of his desire to appear great in
620 the eyes of woman. Man's nature has not changed in this respect. The "hunter"
621 of today brings home no skins of wild animals, but he indicates his desire for her
622 favor by supplying fine clothes, motor cars, and wealth. Man has the same desire
623 to please woman that he had before the dawn of civilization. The only thing that
593 of God, from which He fashions all that is beautiful and inspiring. It is an
594 interpretation which would, when properly understood, bring harmony out of
595 the chaos which exists in too many marriages. The disharmonies often expressed
596 in the form of nagging, may usually be traced to lack of knowledge on the
597 subject of sex. Where love, romance and the proper understanding of the
598 emotion and function of sex abide, there is no disharmony between married
599 people.
600 Fortunate is the husband whose wife understands the true relationship between
601 the emotions of love, sex, and romance. When motivated by this holy
602 triumvirate, no form of labor is burdensome, because even the most lowly form
603 of effort takes on the nature of a labor of love.
604 It is a very old saying that "a man's wife may either make him or break him," but
605 the reason is not always understood. The "making" and "breaking" is the result
606 of the wife's understanding, or lack of understanding of the emotions of love,
607 sex, and romance. Despite the fact that men are polygamous, by the very nature
608 of their biological inheritance, it is true that no woman has as great an influence
609 on a man as his wife, unless he is married to a woman totally unsuited to his
610 nature. If a woman permits her husband to lose interest in her, and become more
611 interested in other women, it is usually because of her ignorance, or indifference
612 toward the subjects of sex, love, and romance. This statement presupposes, of
613 course, that genuine love once existed between a man and his wife.
614 The facts are equally applicable to a man who permits his wife's interest in him to
615 die. Married people often bicker over a multitude of trivialities. If these are
616 analyzed accurately, the real cause of the trouble will often be found to be
617 indifference, or ignorance on these subjects. Man's greatest motivating force is
618 his desire to please woman! The hunter who excelled during prehistoric days,
619 before the dawn of civilization, did so, because of his desire to appear great in
620 the eyes of woman. Man's nature has not changed in this respect. The "hunter"
621 of today brings home no skins of wild animals, but he indicates his desire for her
622 favor by supplying fine clothes, motor cars, and wealth. Man has the same desire
623 to please woman that he had before the dawn of civilization. The only thing that
