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Show NOBLEST GF AJ VIRTUES Tr-jc Friend ;hip Has Qualities Which Reader it a -Thing Apart." Stp-ping-S.one to Love. Avi'wv.l wi-ti !-1--r : 1 1 l I mai ni a; n.'il wi'h l.'.m1 tV.:! Ii. frieiNhi p is ever the ; :;. of low. Jehu I iaiv ' j..- a ti-iiif higher with his delinitien :' Ehf i.-nn. raitiiiL: it "l-iive. without . fi:iiT Mowers or veil." iVrhaps (tin maximum breadth and depih oi mean- ( liii:. ln.wrvtM-. liiuls e predion in Inm- j wahl's lin.-s: ' -'v . uthi p i. ilie llavor j of ll 'W.-fs. the lively sprite ul' !it the sa.-r.-.i ti.ual of i'lissful p.-iee. he stalwart stal-wart staunch of si rife." .Vvept this or com nt her tit i in i ! ions as we may. v. e niusl not forget titai een though it is tlie freest of all the sentiments, it is by ik) means the lightest; on the eon- j trary. true I'reindship, and I speak only J if this kind of a friendship in hs sublimes' sub-limes' and fullest sense, is tin- noblest nf all the virtues. Such friendship, whose laws are aust ere a ml eternal, cherishes confidence and lauds fidelity. It writes i'aulis and frailties upon the. waters, and virtues and victories upon the rocks. H downs bigotry, dissolves doubts and destroys the egotistical "I" for the eo-operalive "we." lake all knowledge, it is free divine and human. hu-man. It runs along to where the natural nat-ural cutis and tin supernatural begins. "It keeps company with the sallies of the wit and the trances of religion." It underlies the whole superstructure of f paternalism and links us with home and with nil that we understand and love. Take it away, and it disjoints and dislocates everything. Lost, it is "chaos come again." Loyal and obedient, obedi-ent, it is a shield and a high tower, standing for equality and justice, and leading the world on on one system sys-tem of laws for all people, and a fraternal recognition of the .solidarity of the race. "Friendship, Charity and Benevolence," (Jeorjie Leon Varney, in National Magazine. |