The gift of friendship: friendship is a sheltering tree
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By Joseph Addison 14 Mar, 2019
No word is oftener on the lips of men than Friendship, and indeed no thought is more familiar to their aspirations. All men are dreaming of it, and its drama, which is always a tragedy, is enacted daily. It is the secret of the universe. You may thre ... Read more
No word is oftener on the lips of men than Friendship, and indeed no thought is more familiar to their aspirations. All men are dreaming of it, and its drama, which is always a tragedy, is enacted daily. It is the secret of the universe. You may thread the town, you may wander the country, and none shall ever speak of it, yet thought is everywhere busy about it, and the idea of what is possible in this respect affects our behaviour toward all new men and women and a great many old ones. Nevertheless, I can remember only two or three essays on this subject in all literature. No wonder that the Mythology, and Arabian Less
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Born in Milston, Wiltshire, England, The United Kingdom May 01, 1672 Died: June 17, 1719 Genre: Nonfiction, Poetry Joseph Addison was an English essayist, poet and politician. He was a man of let...
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