system and leave it disjointed, its limbs paralyzed.

Look, madam, into the depths of your soul and ask this question: "Do I love my family truly?" And to make the answer to this question easier for you, look for the results of your love among the members of your family and your friends. Does your love for them set them free, strengthen their morale, and lead them along the right road of life? Or does it para-lyze their hands and leave them in an atmosphere of repression and nervous strain?

Do you go to excess in loving them and in giving them all they ask merely to please them, sacrificing yourself on the altar of their desires?

And do you take on all the responsibilities, whether they fall to you or to someone else?

And opposite this type:

Do you incline to blame others even when you are the one to blame for what happened? And do you meddle in every last one of your family members' affairs, allowing them no individual independence and no growth of their personalities?

And to make it easy for you, madam, answer these questions and you will learn whether you have the knowledge to live a true love:

1 — Do you strive to let the person you love grow and expand, without pressing him to become a second copy of yourself, or of what you wish?

2 — Do you share with your loved ones their responsibilities and their joys?

3 — Do you long to be, every day, a source of happiness for those you love?

4 — Do you give some time and some care to improving yourself and your outward appearance?

For true love does not seek provo-cation, or exploitation, or harass-ment; it strives toward complete union, with respect for personal freedom and without any attempt to sway it or press upon it.

And true love spreads enthusiasm and energy wherever it goes, and

expresses its appreciation and its thanks for deeds, however "small" they may be...

And true love does not prostrate

itself before its beloved, forgetting itself and neglecting itself utterly — for such a love reaps nothing but pity, and pity alone is not enough...