LESSONS FROM LOVERS' QUARRELS
To what are lovers' quarrels due? A little, tliouglil will ..how thai pretty "■euerallv they are either jealousy, due mostly to selfishness upon the part of the oiie or the other, or else arise from what soiueibodv has called " the leakage, of badly governed tempers." Quarrels and makings up, when often repeated, become, to say the least, monotonous, it nof ivearying. When people cannot avoid quarrels as lovers they should let matrimony alone; it is » clear ease of incompatibility, which it is well should manifest itself at an ante-nuptial stage. Lovers' quarrels are iby no means always a preface to bliss in re-union; they are much oftcuer the prelude to Hie'clime of all affection; therefore, the conclusion of the whole matter is that marriage between two people who cannot dwell together in unity of spirit while they are engaged is more likely to lead to misery than to bliss.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 319, 9 January 1909, Page 4
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153LESSONS FROM LOVERS' QUARRELS Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 319, 9 January 1909, Page 4
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