Friendship I: Day 214 readings from "Character And Conduct" - August 4

Readings for August 4 from "Character And Conduct: A Book Of Helpful Thoughts by Great Writers of Past and Present Ages" selected and arranged for daily reading by Constance M. Whishaw.

"Friendship"

Original text:

https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n233/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_216

Authors featured today:

Reverend Dr. Hugh Blair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Blair
William Makepeace Thackeray https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Makepeace_Thackeray
Socrates https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates

Image:

Rev Prof Hugh Blair FRSE (7 April 1718 – 27 December 1800), Scottish minister, author, and rhetorician, and considered one of the first great theorists of written discourse
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hugh_Blair_clergyman_001.jpg