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The infallible test for the presence of love is whether one's thoughts are drawn to the beloved in his (in her) absence. Ideal mental contents have this character.

The one who came from farthest to my lodge, through deepest snows and most dismal tempests, was a poet. A farmer, a hunter, a soldier, a reporter, even a philosopher, may be daunted; but nothing can deter a poet, for he is actuated by pure love. – Thoreau, Walden