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On Friendship.
to communicate this blessing merely to the prosperous , but to tlite poor and distressed . When fortune smiles , when riches roll in , when honours are even crowning them with laurels , the world will profess Friendshi p . But where is the man , the rara avis , who * white calamity frowns * affliction threatens , and poverty impends , will aid and assist , coml fort and relieve ? This
is the test—a friend in need , is a friend indeed ; and such only deserve the name . Friendshi p not only implies a princi ple , but an act ; not merely a profession , butperformance ' . The Friendshi p of the world in general is merel y professional , " and consists in a number of promises or declarations which probably they never intended to execute , but delude . How greatly is such conduct to be abhorredand
a , yet how common I Here let us take a brief view of the different degrees of men who assume this character . The flattering courtier , learned in all the arts of sophistry , promises his poor dependants what he never means to execute . The social man , whose sphere exceeds not mediocrity , strenuousl y professes Friendshi to his friend whose
p , rank is superior , amidst the blaze of wealth and honour . The exalted party , by an adverse Providence , is hurled from the pinnacle of power to the drep-s of submission ; furnished with every hope professions can afford , he has recourse to his former friend , who receives him with disdain These are some of the effects of human Friendship , which glitter at the viewand vanish in the
, proof . How fleeting then are all our enjoyments ! how vain are all our comforts ! One grand cause why human Friendship is so precarious is , because man is a mutable creature , subject to various tempers and dispositions , prejudices , or antipathies . It is often seen that in those from whom we expect the most Friendshi p , we find the least , which arises from a groundless apprehension of the sincerity of their intentions .
As Friendship is a mental conception of regard for a particular object , it is often deceived , which deception being discovered , the Friendship gradually lessens . _ In order to the duration or continuance of mutual Friendship it 'is necessary there should exist between the parties a similarity ' of sentiment : this is essential to its progress and increase , as this often is the of if
means creating . By observation we find that people , after a short acquaintance , become the mutual participants of this communicative blessing , by reason of a similarity of sentiment and disposition . It is rarely seen that the simple and the wise , the profane and the pious unite in these sacred bonds of Friendshi
p . As the grand design of this social privilege is to impart ourioys and our sorrows to each other , unless there is an unity of mind , this freedom cannot take place . Can the modern profligate thus unite with the pious Christian ? or can the pious Christian seek alliance
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On Friendship.
to communicate this blessing merely to the prosperous , but to tlite poor and distressed . When fortune smiles , when riches roll in , when honours are even crowning them with laurels , the world will profess Friendshi p . But where is the man , the rara avis , who * white calamity frowns * affliction threatens , and poverty impends , will aid and assist , coml fort and relieve ? This
is the test—a friend in need , is a friend indeed ; and such only deserve the name . Friendshi p not only implies a princi ple , but an act ; not merely a profession , butperformance ' . The Friendshi p of the world in general is merel y professional , " and consists in a number of promises or declarations which probably they never intended to execute , but delude . How greatly is such conduct to be abhorredand
a , yet how common I Here let us take a brief view of the different degrees of men who assume this character . The flattering courtier , learned in all the arts of sophistry , promises his poor dependants what he never means to execute . The social man , whose sphere exceeds not mediocrity , strenuousl y professes Friendshi to his friend whose
p , rank is superior , amidst the blaze of wealth and honour . The exalted party , by an adverse Providence , is hurled from the pinnacle of power to the drep-s of submission ; furnished with every hope professions can afford , he has recourse to his former friend , who receives him with disdain These are some of the effects of human Friendship , which glitter at the viewand vanish in the
, proof . How fleeting then are all our enjoyments ! how vain are all our comforts ! One grand cause why human Friendship is so precarious is , because man is a mutable creature , subject to various tempers and dispositions , prejudices , or antipathies . It is often seen that in those from whom we expect the most Friendshi p , we find the least , which arises from a groundless apprehension of the sincerity of their intentions .
As Friendship is a mental conception of regard for a particular object , it is often deceived , which deception being discovered , the Friendship gradually lessens . _ In order to the duration or continuance of mutual Friendship it 'is necessary there should exist between the parties a similarity ' of sentiment : this is essential to its progress and increase , as this often is the of if
means creating . By observation we find that people , after a short acquaintance , become the mutual participants of this communicative blessing , by reason of a similarity of sentiment and disposition . It is rarely seen that the simple and the wise , the profane and the pious unite in these sacred bonds of Friendshi
p . As the grand design of this social privilege is to impart ourioys and our sorrows to each other , unless there is an unity of mind , this freedom cannot take place . Can the modern profligate thus unite with the pious Christian ? or can the pious Christian seek alliance