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The friendship between great men is rarely intimate or permanent. It is a Boswell that most appreciates a Johnson. Genius has no brother, no co-mate; the love it inspires is that of a pupil or a son.
The friendship between great men is rarely intimate or permanent. It is a Boswell that most appreciates a Johnson. Genius has no brother, no co-mate; the love it inspires is that of a pupil or a son.
Approximate author period: c. 1839 AD · industrial
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- Edward Bulwer Lytton
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- Approximate author period: c. 1839 AD · industrial
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- Pearls of Thought (1881) (1881 AD)
Page 95 · printed citation: Bulwer-Lytton · subject: Friendship
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