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Not long ago, having expressed some disagreements in print with an old comrade of long standing, I was sent a response that he had published in an obs...more

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I can’t hope to convey the full effect of the embraces and avowals, but I can perhaps offer a crumb of counsel. If there is anybody known to you who m...more

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What do you most value in your friends?Their continued existence.

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Martin is your best friend, isn't he?' a sweet and well-intentioned girl once said when both of us were present: it was the only time I ever felt awkw...more

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There came an awful day when I picked up the phone and knew at once, as one does with some old friends even before they speak, that it was Edward. He ...more

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A melancholy lesson of advancing years is the realisation that you can't make old friends.