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Last year a billboard emblazoned the conviction that the best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.  Surely, by now, every father has figured that out although, given human weaknesses, it is not always possible.  Certainly love is a big subject.  For the rationalists, Dante, reflecting Aristotle, declares in the lst line of The Divine Comedy  that love makes the world go around.  For the romantics, King Arthur by way of Camelot insists that the way to handle a woman is to love her, love her, love her.

Last year a billboard emblazoned the conviction that the best thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.  Surely, by now, every father has figured that out although, given human weaknesses, it is not always possible.  Certainly love is a big subject.  For the rationalists, Dante, reflecting Aristotle, declares in the lst line of The Divine Comedy  that love makes the world go around.  For the romantics, King Arthur...

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