This is the great source of trouble between husbands and wives. Each
values his or her own qualities and despises the other's. So _in their
own minds_ they are not equal, and the first principle of harmony is
missing.
The real truth is that in marriage a man is schoolmaster to his wife
_and she is equally schoolmistress to him._ This is true in a less
degree, of _all_ the relationships of life.
The Law of Attraction draws people together _that they may learn_.
There is but one Life, which is growth in wisdom and knowledge.
There is but one Death, _which is refusal to learn_.
If husbands and wives were equals _in their own minds_ they would not
despise each other and _refuse to learn_ of each other.
The Law of Attraction, or Love, almost invariably attracts opposites,
and for their own good. A visionary, idealistic woman is drawn to a
practical man, where, kick and fuss and despise each other as they will,
she is bound to become more practical and he more idealistic. They
exchange qualities in spite of themselves; each is an unconscious agent
in rounding out the character and making more abundant the life of the
other.
Much of this blending of natures is accomplished through passion, the
least understood of forces.
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