natnes. A name pronounced is the recognition of the individual to whom it belongs. He who can pronounce my name aright, he can call me, and is entitled to my love and service.
The violence of love is as much to be dreaded as
that of hate. When it is durable it is serene and
equable. Even its famous pains begin only with
the ebb of love, for few are indeed lovers, though
all would fain be It is one proof of a man's
fitness for Friendship that he is able to do without
that which is cheap and passionate
A true
Friendship is as wise as it is tender. The parties
to it yield implicitly to the guidance of their
love, and know no other law nor kindness. It is
not extravagant and insane, but what it says is
something established henceforth, and will bear
to be stereotyped. It is a truer truth, it is better
and fairer news, and no time will ever shame it,
or prove it false. This is a plant which thrives
best in a temperate zone, where Summer and
Winter alternate with one another. The Friend
is a necessarious, and meets his Friend on homely
ground; not on carpets and cushions, but on the
ground and on rocks they will sit, obeying the
natural and primitive laws
They will meet
without any outcry, and part without loud
sorrow. Their relation implies such qualities as
the warrior prizes; for it takes a valor to open
the hearts of men as well as the gates of cities.
Friendship is not so kind as is imagined; it has not much human blood in it, but consists with a certain disregard for men and their erections, the Christian duties and humanities, while it purifies the air like electricity. There may be the sternest tragedy in the relation of two more than usually