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The test of friendship is its fidelity when every charm of fortune and environment has been swept away, and the bare, undraped character alone remains; if love still holds steadfast, and the joy of companionship still survives, in such an hour, the fellowship becomes a beautiful prophecy of immortality.
The test of friendship is its fidelity when every charm of fortune and environment has been swept away, and the bare, undraped character alone remains; if love still holds steadfast, and the joy of companionship still survives, in such an hour, the fellowship becomes a beautiful prophecy of immortality.
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- Hamilton Wright Mabie
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- Thoughts: Selected from the writings of favorite authors (1901) (1901 AD)
Complete signed selection 497; printed byline: Hamilton Wright Mabie; New York: Dodge Publishing Company, 1901
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