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216 ESOTERIC ANTHROPOLOGY.
trial as the Forrest case, reported in all the newspapers,
and read by millions, sets millions to thinking and dis
cussing. Those who wish te see the most recent pre
sentation of the question will find it in Dr. Lazarus's
work, entitled "Love versus Marriage," which con
tains, in fact, much of the philosophy of the schools of
St. Simon and Fourier. My own work on " Woman"
is an impartial presentation of historical and social facts
on which opinion may be based; and Mr. Andrews,
in his admirable work on the "Science of Society,"
of individual sov
has an given elucidation of principles
ereignty and social equity, which are worthy of a careful
examination. Mr. Andrews is now preparing a special ,
work on Marriage, which will present it more fully
than has been done by any previous writer. To these
works and others on the same subject, I must refer the
curious reader.
IS LOVE ENDURING?
This question lies at the basis of the Law of Mar
riage, and of much that affects the health of the indi
vidual and of society.
Every passion asserts its eternity. What a man feels
strongly, he thinks he shall always feel. He never ex
pects any change to come in his grief or his joy. It is
so of love. Two lovers sincerely vow eternal constancy
and eternal fidelity. In a month or a year, each ridi
cules the absurd fancy, and each is again eternally in
love with some other object of their unchanging affec
tions.
This rule is not universal. Doubtless there are per
sons who are capable of only a single passionate love.