The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-08-11
WHAT Love IS.

WHAT LOVE rs.
ella Wheeler Wilcox rs an Author
ity on the Disputed Question.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox, in New. York
Journal: Lows is the law. of tho; iunl-
verse.a1. is the motive power. undcrly-
Ing all existence. m,
4 It Is the love impulse Of nature which
gives us foliage, flowers; and fruit.
Every blade OF grass is a love word Of
the earth for the sun. Every ray Of tho
sun is q declaration Of his passion Tor
the earth.
Whoever loves most wisely and
warmly Is most in harmony with the
universe.
Love Is thu secret Of all success.
By your capacity for loving viii yon'
achievemcnts be measured.
Love is magnet. No purpose or OBJ.
ject can resist the influence Of a great
and persistent love any more than, the
neadie can resist the pole.
Love Is God.llke In Its creative power,
It creates happiness, hcaith,success and
inspiration. 1t destroys nothing but
hato End death. He who loves fhuch
cannot late. Neither can h. dis. for
love makes him immortal.
: With every loving thought We rise one
step nearer trinity. Every Iova.
thought cent out laio silsee becomes a
living fo:sc for good. which helps to re-
generate and bless mankind.
Lows between the sexes Is like a jswel
from heavenly mines In an earthly set
ting: flame from paradise famed by
winds from q lower realm; ! poem writ
ten by the spirit and put to music By
the senses. s
When n woman loves, her soul is the
powo:- house, and its radiance is sent
through her whole being, heart, brain,
and body. IL
A mans love Is more like IN acorn
dropped In the soil OF his senses. Some
t!ncs the tree Is stunted. and 1t never
rises far above the soil which gave 1t
root. Sometimes its branches touch
heaven.
Love has many phases and many ut
tributes. So,
There are men and women who find
love only fascinating when It Is nllied
to danger. This. may prove sport to
man. but It always means tragedy to
woman. For on loves field of Water
loo man is always tho wellington,
woman the Napoleon.
The greatest love looks for the high.
2s: good of Its object. Passion exists
without low. but 30 soon as love exists
without passion It is no longer love. but
either friendship or religion. Much is
said. sung, and written on the subjects
Of love, yet only one heart In 100 cvrr
experiences the feeling In It's full IN.
tensity.
Pity, friendship and duty all 60 mas
ducradlng through the world as love.
but they are as dlfferen, from the renl
passion as the Elow%orin in the grass Is
from the sun In the midday heavens.
p Love is an ecstacy nnd-agony. It
blinds and It iliumlna,cs. It elcctriHes
and It paralyzes. II bastows wisdom
and 1t overcomes reason.
Love makes the tlmid brave and the
brave tImld. itg5.
The most learned man on earth Is ig-
norant until he has loved. It Ia useless
10 seek for or 10 try and avoid the ca-
pericncc of love. Like the lightning, It
comes when and strikes WHERE It will,
and, too. like the lightning, It rarely
strikes twice In ona place. Yet has 4.
been known TO do so,
Love Ia the breath OF God. FIJI your
beirg with The divine ether Of love and
no harm caa,approach you. no disaster
touch you. Al! that you desire shalt
Come to you. and every itfd that comes
within your radius shall be bancrted
and blessed. ~. -.
II you send love forth from your mini
IT shall cong back TO you With tenfold
interest. There Is no investment. which
pays such large dividends as the stock
OF love. Tor EVEN IN loves sorrow, there
IL wealth OF experience. Is
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