Essays, First Series

Essays on self-reliance, friendship, character and the uses of thought in everyday conduct.

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“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”

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“A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.”

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“The only way to have a friend is to be one.”

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“The benefit we receive must be rendered again, line for line, deed for deed, cent for cent, to somebody.”

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