Notice how far we have come from passionate friendships. This quote is taken from the classic, English Composition and Rhetoric, by Alexander Bain in 1877. This is in a section on poetry.
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Oh, the comfort--the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person,
Having neither to weigh thoughts,
Nor measure words--but pouring them
All right out--just as they are--
Chaff and grain together--
Certain that a faithful hand will
Take and sift them--
Keep what is worth keeping--
And with the breath of kindness
Blow the rest away
Dinah Maria Mulock Craik
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