Love is an affection which carries the attention of the mind beyond itself, and is the sense of a relation to some fellow creature as to its object. (Adam Ferguson)

Love is an affection which carries the attention of the mind beyond itself, and is the sense of a relation to some fellow creature as to its object.

Adam Ferguson

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