law of the heart, n.All

Law of the heart (n.) trusts ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠unschooled feeling to be one with the universal good, and so ends not in reconciliation but in fanatical struggle between hearts.

The Law of the heart (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the earnestness of a high purpose that takes the display of its own undisciplined nature for the welfare of mankind.

Law of the heart (n.) can ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠never reform the world: whatever improvement it wins looks to it at once like one more external constraint to attack.

The Law of the heart (n.) ceases ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to be a law of the heart through its very realization: set up in the world, it becomes a universal power indifferent to this particular heart.