Friendship V: Day 218 readings from "Character And Conduct" - August 8

Readings for August 8 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/n237/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_220

Authors featured today:

Ralph Waldo Emerson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Waldo_Emerson
Right Reverend Jeremy Taylor https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremy_Taylor
Cyrus the Great https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_the_Great

Image:

Jeremy Taylor (1613-1667), oil on canvas by Eden Upton Eddis (1812–1901)
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jeremytaylor.jpg