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As ships meet at sea--a moment together, when words of greeting must be
spoken, and then away upon the deep--so men meet in this world; and I
think we should cross no man's path without hailing him, and if he
needs, giving him supplies.

--_H. W. Beecher_.

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A friend is more necessary than either fire or water.

--_Proverbs_.

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A long novitiate of acquaintance should precede the vows of friendship.

--_Lord Bolingbroke_.

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A beloved friend does not fill one part of the soul, but, penetrating
the whole, becomes connected with all feeling.

--_Channing_.

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