LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 26, 25 October 1907, Page 3

LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.

A COMPROMISE. "■Dear Sir, —In connection with . tho "love at ;first, sight!"' question; T must; against' the. attempt' of "One Who. Knows"' to prevent'' the' intrusion of reason' into . the, realms ; of'love.'' It is true that '.modern' philosophers toll ;;Us. that' roason is not. a safe, guide; - but, '.whatever " its 1 shortcomings may ' be; theoretically,, we find that in' practice' it is-'S fairly., reliable' faculty:.. At anyrate;• it is man's 'crowning ■ and ipeculiar gift .whereas he ;sharesVihstih'ct' v ,with , the lower animals' It is surely absurd that we. should ask. reason' 3 'g u .ide' us, in: ; the - loss; important matters of j'lifo, ' and 1 yet' resent its .intorforonce >in those affairs—such : asi love-and marriage— upon, which the very foundations of,:society are based. ; ; The heart,' no doubt; ought to have' a big. ;say in these 1 questions, but it should. actMn co-operation -with the mind, and I,think it was such co-operation which tho.Rev. T. 11. Sprott'had. in view when hedeprecated hasty and'ill-considered marriages. Even if a man or'woman may love at first sight,' they ought not to marry, at first' sight unless they are in ,a position to provide and maintain'.a, comfortable home. T:would not po so far as'.'.to say that'when povorty comes ui ;at the door lovo 'jumps out of' the window, biut -I. -really believe there is a tendency -in that direction. The heart may live on love, but the rest of the body wants something a little more substantial, and is inclined to make. thing? unpleasant if it, doesn't,get it. Man is a mixture-of mind, heart, and body and, therefore, it. reasonable that .these three elements, should be taken into consideration in matrimonial ventures, always remembering that, "the greatest of these, is ■love. —l .am.' otc., • ■ ; ONE WHO KNOWS'BETTER.' '