“Every theory of love, from Plato down, teaches that each individual loves in the other sex what he lacks in himself.”

— G. Stanley Hall

G. Stanley Hall. From Generation to Generation http://books.google.com/books?id=b-UtAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Every+theory+of+love+from+Plato+down+teaches+that+each+individual+loves+in+the+other+sex+what+he+lacks+in+himself%22&pg=PA250#v=onepage, The American Magazine, July 1908

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American psychologist 1846–1924

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