"I think it is intuition which makes the right people fall in love with each other," said Lady Brenda.
"Intuition, madam," replied Johnson, "means the mental
view; as you use it you mean a very quick and accurate mental view, followed immediately by an unconscious but correct process of deduction. The combination of the two, when they are nicely adjusted, constitutes a kind of judgment which, though it be not always so correct in its conclusions, as that exercised by ordinary logic, has nevertheless the advantage of quickness combined with tolerable precision. For, in matters of love, it is necessary to be quick."
"Who sups with the devil must have a long spoon," said Francis, laughing.
"And he who hopes to entertain an angel must keep his house clean," returned the doctor.
"Do you believe that people always fall in love very quickly?" asked Lady Brenda.
"Frequently, though not always. Love dominates quite as much because its attacks are sudden and unexpected, as because most persons believe that to be in love is a desirable state."
"Love," said Cæsar, "is a great general and a great strategist, for he rarely fails to surprise the enemy if he can, but he never refuses an open engagement when necessary."
Strange as it may appear, it does not seem to be so much of a descent, or of a break in the chain of continuity, to turn to hear William James speak in letters, which have the effect of conversation. From the very beginning of his precious book I somehow feel that I am part of the little circle about him. The conversation goes on—Mr. James never loses sight of the point of view and sympathies
of the party of the second part—and you are not made to feel as an eavesdropper.