The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-08-05
Ella Wheeler Wilcox on Love,

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The following letter was sent by New
York district messenger to the office Of
the New York Journal Ny residence
not being in that building, the inquiry
was forwarded by mail 10 me, writes
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The desire TO know what love Is must
have seized The young man suddenly.
regret the unavoidable delay Of my re-
ply.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox:
Dear Madam; I have for some time
perus- your editorials with profc uEd
interest. and having observed the abe
manner in which YOU handle the sup
5ect Love" beg of you 10 6eslne this
grand passion" have never met any
one who could tell NE what love IS. al
though they stoutly affirm us ex s1eace.
have reached my majority, and am stil
sceptoal. l thank YOU N advance Tor
the definition. Very respectfully yours,
c. W. ORTTEN0FF.
Love is the centre and circumference.
The cause and aim of all things; rs
the key
To joy and sorrow, and the recompease
For all the ills that have been and may
Love is the law Of the Universe. 1t Is
the motive power underlying all exist
ence.
God was so fun Of love. in His embrace
He clasped the mighty nothingnesl o.
space,
And loi the solar system.
II is the love impulse of nature which
gives US foliage, flowers and fruit. Ev-
cry blade of grass is a love word OF The
earth for the sun. Every ray OF the sun
is declaration Of his passion FIR the
earth.
Whoever loves most widely and warmly
is most in harmony with the Universe.
Love is the secret of all success.
By your capacity for loving will your
achievements be measured.
Love is magnet. No purpose or OBJ
ject can resist the influence Of a grea,
and persistent love any more than the
needle can resist the pole.
Love is God-llke in its creative power.
1t creates happiness, health. success and
inspiration. II destroys nothing but hate
and death. He who loves much canno-
hate. Neither can he die, for love makes
him immortal.
With every loving thought we rise one
step nearer divinity. Every love thought
sent out into space becomes a liv ns
force for good. which helps to regsne--
ate and bless mankind. He who Sis in
loving thoughts toward humanity does
more for the world than he who tolls
much. inspired only by ambition and self
ishness.
Love between the sexes is like jewel
from heavenly mines In an earthly set
ting; a flame from Paradise famed by
winds from lower realm: poem writ
ten by the spirit and put to music by
the senses.
When a woman loves her soul Is the
power house. and its radiance is sent
through her whole being, heart. brain
and body.
A mans love Is more like an acorn
dropped in the soil of his senses. Some
times the tree IS sjun;ed. and it never
rises far above the soil which gave IL
root. Sometimes its branches touch
heaven.
Love has many phases and many at
tributes
How near to God loves paths do wend
No mortal tongue can tel;
But. oh! take heed, Love. too. may lead
Close to the fires OF hell
There are men and women who find
love only fascinating when 1t is allied t.
danger. This may prove sport to man.
but 1t always means tragedy 20 woman.
For on loves field OF Waterloo man +
poleon.
The greatest love looks for The high
est good of its object. Passion exists
without love. but so soon as 'oye * SITS
without passion II is NJ longer love, but
either friendship or iigion. Much IS
said. sung and written on the subject Of
love, yet only one heart IN one hun
dred ever experiences the feeling in its
full intensity,
Pity. friendship and duty all go mas
que,ading through the worl3 rs love, bat
they are as different from the real pas
sion as the glOwworm in the grass Is
from the sun in the midday heavens.
Love Is an ecstacy and an agony. u
blinds and it Eliminates. 1t electrife
and It paralyzes Il bestows wisdom and
it oYercomes reason.
Love makes the timid brave and the
brave timid.
The most learned man on earth IS ig-
norant until he has loved II IS useless
70 seek for or 70 try and avoid the eZ-
perience Of love Like the lightning f.
comes when and strikes where il viii.
and. too. like the lightning. Il rarely
strikes twice I'm one pace. Yet has l.
been known to do so.
Love is the breath = Cod FIJI your
being with the divine ether Of love and
4ip lLe4 III ~eAAi ei'}4 SeitAA ft4 iAP
touch you. AL that you desire shall
come to you and every life that comes
within your radius shall be benefited and
blessed.
If you send love forth from your mini
Il shall come back 70 you with teuf9ld
interest There e no investment which
pays such large dividends as the stccE
Of love, for even IN loves sorrow there 3
wealth OF experience.
Love much.