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who follow the blind Guidance of Simple Nature, no wonder It is seen to terminate so
soon when Desire once sickens and becomes shifted for want of that true & lasting Spirit
of Love which shou'd ever feed the Torch of Hymen to preserve it's sacred flame —
perpetually burning, without which it can produce nothing but the foggy Fumes of
Smoak, such as we may Imagin have blear'd the Eyes of our inconsiderate P-r-n
and urg'd him to his ruin — what a wretched Scene must the nuptual State —
afford where Reflection when ever it once takes place, instead of height'ning,
must soon extinguish all Desire, & transforms the Inclination to abhorrence and
Distaste - but let us Shift the Scene and view the happy side of the Contraste
in ourselves my dearest charmer, what solid & rational transport & Satisfaction
may we not feel in the pleasing Consciousness of a well plac'd affection in the —
Choice we have made in Each other, for since I have been so happy to be yours
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Jeremiah Bentham |
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