ill animates you, and you are naturally repulsed from him. When
your suitor is a man of incongruous temper, ungenial habits, and of a
morose and unsympathetic disposition, this same precious, divine
instinct acts, and the man feels, though he cannot tell why, that all
his arts and aspirations are in vain. It will seldom be necessary for
you to tell him verbally of his failure; but should such a one blindly
insist upon intruding his attentions, do not hesitate to tell him
kindly but firmly your decision. Should your suitor be one who is
worthy, who will make you happy, this same blessed instinct will
whisper in your soul the happy news. From the first interview there is
frequently thrown around the maiden a peculiar, undefined spell; she
will feel differently in his presence, and watch him with other eyes
than she has for the rest of men, and in due time, when he shall ask
her to decide upon the question which shall seal the temporal and
eternal destiny of two human souls, she will gladly respond, giving in
loving trustfulness that which is the most precious, the most enviable
thing on earth: a maiden's heart, a woman's love.

Many persons, of both sexes, however amiable and pure their minds may
be, should conscientiously abstain from marriage. This applies to all
who have a tendency to consumption, scrofula, insanity, or any other
of those diseases which are so frequently transmitted to offspring.
This very important matter is not sufficiently known, and therefore is
not attended to as it ought to be; hence the great amount of sickness
and early death among children.

The tendency to inherit qualities is very evident in the case of
drunkards, whose children are often inclined to practice the vice of
their parents. The children of the blind, and of the deaf and dumb,
are also liable to be afflicted as their parents were. These facts go
far to show that it is literally true that the sins of the fathers are
visited upon the children. It is, however, gratifying to know--and
there are many well-attested cases to prove it--that whereas the
children born to a man while he was addicted to drunkenness were
similarly addicted to that vice, those born after he gave up his
vicious indulgence, and by that means improved his bodily health, were
free from the evil tendency.

One strong reason

WHY NEAR RELATIONS SHOULD NOT INTERMARRY

is that, as the same general tendencies prevail in families, when the
parents