PLATONIC LOVE.
Platonic love is a device by means of which squeamish people are brought in out of the wet, so to speak. Love (the old and original) long ago perceived the difficulty, and had an image of himself made of putty, calling it Platonic Love. Nobody, of course, is afraid of putty, and squeamish people quite readily took Platonic Love to their bosoms. But the end was not yet. When Love (the old and original) deemed the time ripe, he quietly insinuated himself into the place of the putty image, and behold, none knew the difference. And so the world goes round as well for squeamish people as for others.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIV, Issue 8, 23 February 1910, Page 48
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111PLATONIC LOVE. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLIV, Issue 8, 23 February 1910, Page 48
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