#28 affinity

affinity - noun- a natural liking, taste, or inclination for a person or thing

- C14 from Latin- affinis- bordering on, related

The good, by affinity, seek the good; the vile, by affinity, the vile. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

A pair of like-minded lovers belonging together by natural affinity were separated by artificial barriers.

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