We fall in love it is true; but do we really deceive ourselves about the future?
A very young man may; why, we know of very young men who are so frantic as to marry girls of the working class--mere lumps of human flesh.

But most of us know that our marriage is a _pis aller_.

At first we are sad about it; then we grow cynical, and snap our fingers at moral obligation.' 'Making a bad case very much worse, instead of bravely bettering it.' 'Yes, but human nature is human nature.

I am only urging to you the case of average intelligent men.

As likely as not--so preposterous are our conventions--you have never heard it put honestly.