Friday, May 26, 2017

100 REFLECTIONS: Happy Birthday Waldo #43

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RALPH WALDO EMERSON

"Although Thoreau and Emerson were deeply involved in their work, they did not allow themselves to be distracted from the demands of friendship. They thought about it constantly and wrote about it at length. For both men, however, friendship presented a dilemma, since their expectations of it were never fully met by the reality.  This was as true in their own relationship as it was in their relationships with others. They dreamed of ideal friendship while experiencing the human variety."

                 from MY FRIEND, MY FRIEND by Harmon Smith

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