They ought not to try to do it.

If they do try, the process is belittling to each, and the result, if it is successful, is nothing less than a tragedy; for it could not mean the highest ideals, nor the truest devotion....

Brushing up against other interests and other personalities is good for both husband and wife.

Then to each other they bring the best of what they have found, and each to the other continues to be new and interesting....

The young wife, however, is apt to be jealous of everything that turns her husband's attention for one moment away from herself.