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 My friends have come to me 
 unsought. The great God 
 gave them to me. — Emerson. 
 
 This little book on Friendship is compiled by 
 James Frederick Mason, decorated by Amelia 
 de Wolffers, and published in New York 
 by Dodge Publishing Company, 23 
 East Twentieth Street. 
 
Copyright, 1904, by 
 
 pubtt^frino Compang 
 
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“ affections! sDoulD not fitno 
 tfie soul, Dut enfrancpise it. 
 CDrougD tpem it sDoulD knoto 
 larger, Deeper, Digger life. CDep 
 sDou ID 6e to it tomgs Dp topicD 
 to mount, a frienD comes as an 
 amDassaDor from tDe Deanens.” 
 

 

“ TBIest be tbe tongue that speaks no til, 
 ©Hbose toorDs ace albtaps true, 
 Cbat keeps ‘tbe lato of ktnDness’ still 
 (KHbateber others Do. 
 
 iBlest be tbe banDs that toll to ato 
 Cbe great tuorlD’s ceaseless neeO— 
 Cbe banDs that neper are afralD, 
 
 Co Do a ktnDlp DeeD.” 
 
0o often to tfce fjou0e of tbp 
 frienD, fot toeeDs cbofee up tfce 
 unuseo patjb 
 
 ■Scandinavian Edda, 
 
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 S>o rnanp little faults toe 
 find; 
 
 Wit see tbem, for not blind 
 3s lobe; toe see tbem, but 
 if pou anb 1 
 
 perhaps remember tbem 
 some bp anb bp 
 Cbep toill not be 
 jfaults then— grabe faults 
 —to pou anb me, 
 
 05ut iust obb toaps, mis* 
 tabes, or eben less, 
 Remembrances to bless. 
 
 a OF ILL LIB . 
 
mt essence of ftienbsf&ip 
 is entirenesfgi, a total niagnan* 
 intit? anb trust. Jit must not 
 surmise or probibe for infirm* 
 it?. It treats itgs object as a 
 (Bob, t^at it ma? beif? botl). 
 
 — Emerson . 
 
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31 think that goob must come 
 of goob, 
 
 ftnb ill of ebtl — surelp unto all 
 3ln eberp place oc time, seeing 
 stoeet fruit 
 
 (Brotocth from toholesomc 
 roots, or bitter things 
 jfrom poison stocks : pea, see* 
 ing, too, hob) spite 
 Breebs hate— anb kinbness 
 frienbS— or patience 
 $eace. 
 
 — Edwin Arnbld. 
 

%et me to?bap bo bometf)ing tfjat 
 isf^all tafte 
 
 Si little palmed from tf>e toortb’b 
 babt btore, 
 
 &ttb map S r &* £o faboreb ab to matte 
 <&( jop’b too beatttp bum, a tittle 
 
 niOrC* — Ella Wheeler Wilcox . 
 
 
 
jFnenos&tp— tfcat 0elect anD 
 0acteD relation totnei) 10 a kino 
 of afj0olute, ano tofcicf) leafce0 
 tlie language of loDe 0u0pictou0 
 anD common, 00 muc& 10 $10 
 purer, anD nothing 10 00 muck 
 
 Ditrine. — Emerson . 
 
flfllc ought to acquaint ourselbes 
 toith the beautiful; toe ought to 
 contemplate it toith rapture, anb 
 attempt to raise ourselbes up to 
 its height. &nb in order to gain 
 Strength for that, toe must Keep 
 ourselhes thoroughly unselfish — 
 toe must not make it our oton, hut 
 rather seek to communicate it; in» 
 deed, to make a sacrifice of it to 
 those toho are bear anb precious to 
 
 US. — Goethe. 
 

 
“^ttence* or neglect t>te$olPe$ 
 manp ftienD$tylp&” 
 
 "iffttenDjgptp jsupplteg t\)t place 
 of ePerptlpng to tijoeic topo fenoto 
 l)o\t to ma&? tf)t rigi)t u$e of It; 
 It mafic# pout prossperitp mote 
 Ijappp, and it mallei pout afifiet# 
 ftp mote eaesp,” 
 
i^appp t0 tfie fiouse tfiat 
 0 fielter$ a friend ! it misfit 
 toell fie fiuilt like a festal 
 fiotoer or arcfi, to entertain 
 fiim a single Dap. happier, 
 if fie knoto tfie solemnity of 
 tfiat relation anD fionor its; 
 
 lain. 
 
 Emerson 
 
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■Emerson, 
 
 flDur frtenDsPtps purrp to 
 sport ano poor cottclu* 
 Stotts, because toe ftatoe 
 ma&e tpem a terture of 
 totne attD Breams insteaD 
 of tpe tougp fibre of tpe 
 pumatt peart. 
 
^eefe not to pour tbe toorlb 
 into tbp little moulb, 
 €acb as its nature is, its 
 being must unfold ; 
 Cbou art but as a string in 
 life’s bast sounbing 
 boarb, 
 
 anb otber strings as stoeet 
 twill not toitb tbine ac* 
 corb. 
 
 — W. W. Story. 
 
Let us approach our friend 
 .toith an audacious trust in th 
 truth of his heart, in the 
 breadth, impossible to he oner* 
 turneD, of his founhations. 
 
 — Emerson . 
 
SDo not loofe fortoarb to to&at migDt 
 happen to*morroto; t&e game eberlas*t= 
 mg Jfatfier tofjo cates* fot pou to=bap, 
 toil! tafte cate of pou to=morroto, anb 
 eberp bap. (Eit&er i?e toill s*f)telb pou 
 front suffering;, ot 3£e toill gibe pou 
 unfailing; 0ttmg;tf) to bear it. Be at 
 peace t&en, anb put as*ibe all anrtous* 
 thoughts* anb imaginations*. 
 
 — St. Francis de Sales, 
 

 
j!3oto is tfte time; aft, menO, 
 no longer toait 
 Co scatter lotting smiles anD 
 toortis of cfteer 
 Co tftose arountt foftose Uttes 
 are noto so Dear, 
 
 Cftep map not meet pou in 
 tfte coming pear, 
 jftoftj is tfte time. 
 

 
 
 
j atoafee tW momma: tottf) 
 bebout tbanftssa;ibmff tot mg 
 tttmbsf, tf )t olb anb tfje neto. 
 
 —Emerson, 
 
TBroto map tonnfele, bait turn gtep, 
 jfrienDsbip neper otons Decap; 
 
 JFot ’mid oID frienDs fernD anD true 
 Wit once more out pout!) renefo. 
 
 TBut, alas, oID frienDs must Die; 
 
 Jl3etu frienDs must tbeir place supplp. 
 Cben cbettsb frienDsbip in pour breast; 
 jfteto is gooD, but oID is best 
 90a be netu frienDs, but beep tbe oID; 
 Cbose are stlDer tbese are golD. 
 
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 {[Dafee time to gpeafe a lobtng toocti 
 ambtrelobingtoorbis aw geltiom beard; 
 Stnti it bull linger in tbe mini, 
 and gather other* of tt-s ftinb, 
 
 ’Hill lotimg toord* toill echo tobere 
 (fr*ttobile the heart toa* poor and bare; 
 anti jSometobere on tb? btabentoarti 
 tracft 
 
 'Ebrir mu0ic toil! come echoing bacft. 
 
“aBootte&p!” § ea, “ 4B0& bt tditfj 
 
 pou ! ’ ’ praping anO blearing 
 S r n aimplcst pfjraac. 
 
 &lifee our nceti anD l^ia Hear care 
 confeasing 
 Sn all our toapa. 
 

 
 
 

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