human
It is a passion coming in the order of nature, the ripe fruit of our animal being.
gpt
It is a divinity! All that is worth living for in the world.
human
It is a fever which tests our strength, and too often leads to perdition.
gpt
Lead whither it will, I follow it.
human
It is a name men and women are much in the habit of employing to sanctify their appetites.
gpt
It is worship; religion; life!
human
You know my love for you, my son. The extent of it you cannot know; but you must know that it is something very deep, and--I do not wish to speak of it--but a father must sometimes petition for gratitude, since the only true expression of it is his son's moral good. If you care for my love, or love me in return, aid me with all your energies to keep you what I have made you, and guard you from the snares besetting you. It was in my hands once. It is ceasing to be so. Remember, my son, what my love is. It is different, I fear, with most fathers: but I am bound up in your welfare: what you do affects me vitally. You will take no step that is not intimate with my happiness, or my misery. And I have had great disappointments, my son.