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life solely from his divine love through his divine wisdom, and flow in; consequently into those who are in love truly conjugial, because these alone are recipients. Innocence, peace, tranquillity, inmost friendship, full confidence and mutual desire, of mind and heart, of doing every good to the other, are named, inasmuch as innocence and peace are of the soul, tranquillity is of the mind, inmost friendship is of the bosom, full confidence is of the heart, and the mutual desire of mind and heart of doing every good to the other, is of the body from them."—C. L. n. 180.

The truth of all this must appear sufficiently obvious to one who contemplates the effects of the love mutually felt by a young man and maiden in the warmth and glow of its first summer; for in their innocent young love there is something which allies it to the loves of the angels. And when their love is reciprocated, what a new world seems suddenly opened before them! What fountains of new feeling are straightway unlocked! What new and strange delights are kindled in their bosoms! What floods of joy hitherto unknown, are opened! What exhilarating and fragrant aroma diffuses itself through all the chambers of their souls! And this new love which is felt as something unspeakably delightful, at the same time quickens and exalts all their other loves, and imparts to them a fresh delight. They are more kind and tender and affectionate toward everybody. They clasp the whole human family to their hearts. They feel a new and unwonted affection for even the fields and flowers and the brute creation, and seem to love things and persons that they never loved before.

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