t themselves to each
other in the matter of how they shall spend their LEISURE hours.

"People who can not play together will not work together long," said
Elbert Hubbard. Human Analysis, which shows that each type tends
automatically to the doing of certain things in certain ways whenever
free to act, proves that this is just as literal as it sounds.

The only time we are free to act is during our leisure hours. All other
hours are mortgaged to earning a living--in the accomplishment of which
we often have very little outlet for natural trends. So it is only
"after hours" and "over Sundays" that the masses of mankind have an
opportunity to express their real natures.

Uncongenial Work Affects Marriage

The less one's work permits him to do the things he enjoys the more
surely will he turn to them in the hours when this restraint is
removed. If such a one has a husband or wife who encourages him in the
following of his natural bents during leisure hours, that marriage
stands a big chance of being happy.

These two people may differ widely in their respective religious
ideas--one may be a Catholic, the other a Protestant, or one a Shaker
and the other a Christian Scientist--but they can build lasting
happiness together.

On the other hand, two people who agree perfectly as to religious,
social and political views but who can not agree as to the disposition
of their leisure hours are bound for the rocks.

As the honeymoon fades, each reverts to the kind of recreation congenial
to his type. If his mate is averse to his diversions each goes his own
way.

The Eternal Triangle

The tragedy of "the other man" and "the other woman" is not a mystery
to him who understands Human Analysis. It is always the result of
finding some one of kindred standards and tastes--that is, some one
whose type is congenial. The Eternal Triangle arises again and again in
human lives, not accidentally, but as the inevitable result of violating
inexorable laws.

Law of Marital Happiness

MARRIAGE SHOULD TAKE PLACE ONLY BETWEEN THOSE WHOSE FIRST
TYPE-ELEMENTS ARE SUFFICIENTLY SIMILAR FOR THEM TO ENJOY THE SAME
GENERAL DIVERSIONS, YET WHOSE SECOND TYPE-ELEMENTS ARE SUFFICIENTLY
DISSIMILAR TO MAKE EACH STRONG WHERE THE OTHER IS WEAK.

The application of the law to each of the five types will be explained
in the following sections of this chapter.

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Part One

THE ALIMENTIVE IN LOVE

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