204. The children born to those who enjoy truly conjugial love get the inclination and ability to perceive matters to do with wisdom, if a son, or to love the teachings of wisdom, if a daughter. This is because the principle of the marriage of good and truth has been from creation implanted in the soul of each person, and also in what is derived from the soul. For that principle of marriage fills the universe from first to last, and from man down to worms, as was shown before [92]. It was also pointed out before that the ability to open the lower regions of the mind, up to the point where they can be linked with the higher regions, which enjoy the light and heat of heaven, was placed in each person from creation. From this it is plain that the adroitness and skill in linking good to truth and truth to good, which leads to being wise, is inherited from birth above all others by those who are born of such a marriage. Consequently they are easily able to absorb matters relating to the church and heaven. It has been proved many times above that conjugial love is linked with these matters. These considerations make it plain and manifest to reason what is the purpose for which marriages of truly conjugial love have been and still are being provided by the Lord the Creator.