JACKI LYDEN, host:
Our parting words today come from a master orator of the 19th century, Robert Ingersoll. He wrote, love is the magician, the enchanter that changes worthless things to joy. It is the perfume of that wondrous flower, the heart, and without that sacred passion, that divine swoon, we are less than beasts; but with it, earth is heaven, and we are gods.
This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Jacki Lyden. Happy Valentines, lovers.
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