Will men and women never learn what trouble they lay up in store for themselves by breaking their plighted troths?
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VII. On Beauty
"La beaute' pour moi c'est la divinite' visible, c'est le bonheur palpable, c'est le ciel descendu sur terre." —Theophile Gautier
Beauty, they say, is but skin-deep. That is quite deep enough to enslave mankind. As a matter of fact, it is much deeper: for, to say nothing of health and good-spirits,
Beneath true beauty lies an admirable or a loveable character. And yet—or, perhaps, and therefore—
If by some mischance beauty should arouse our resentment, with what different eyes we regard it!
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The feeling for beauty is probably more highly developed in man than in woman. (N. B. Perhaps this is the source of the beauty of women.) Nevertheless,
It is a question that perhaps will never be settled, how much value should be placed upon mere beauty. For