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Innocent amusements are such as excite moderately, and such as produce a cheerful frame of mind, not boisterous mirth; such as refresh, instead of exhausting, the system; such as recur frequently, rather than continue long; such as send us back to our daily duties invigorated in body and spirit; such as we can partake of in the presence and society of respectable friends; such as consist with and are favorable to a grateful piety; such as are chastened by self-respect, and are accompanied with the consciousness that life has a higher end than to be amused.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | William Ellery Channing |

A man's love, till it has been chastened and fastened by the feeling of duty which marriage brings with it, is instigated mainly by the diffic...

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