Nebraska advertiser., 1856-09-20
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BEAUTY OF FRIENDSHIP.

Friendship inspires those who are
possessed by it. It's a perpetual fire,
kindling brave thoughts and noble
deeds. To deepen his friends regard
for him a man strives to heighten his
merits and multiply his achievements.
Love adorns itself that it may win its
need. One desires to appear beautiful,
heroic, wise, divine 30 his friend. To
gether we cair stlowhat We should never
have dared, and endure what would
have crushed us alone.
"Our hands in one, we will not shrink
From lfe's severest due;
Our hands in one, we win not blink
That terrible and true;
What each would feel stunning bow,
Falls on us both as autumn snow"
The fortifying and motive power of
friendship is varied, immense, and in
exhaustible. It has strengthened
patriots to lay their lives on the altar
of freedom and their country. Its
glowing Gordon was around Tell, and
Furst, and Arnold, and their compeers
on the field of Grutli, when breast to
breast, in the shadow of the Swiss
Alps, swore to free the canton from
Austrian thralldom, or die together.
1t has encouraged philosophers, poets,
artists, inventors, in their rejected
teachings and unappreciated labors.
The description, by his great disciple,
of the last moments of the poisoned
sage, in his prison, amid a group of
admiring friends, is an illustrative
picture, whose colors fade not iii the
sun of Athens, and which the world
will never let perish. The public
career of the great-souled Gracious
plainly owed its chief impulse to the
ardent, ever-aniirating friendship of
Caius Blosius. This communing en-
thusiasm still sustains the true and
good when evil days come and the per-
secutions of evil men prevail. Now
that the dark eyes of Hungary are
full of tears, and the pale features OF
Italy fixed in despair, and trouble sits
Oh the majestic visage of England
and usurper lords it in the Tuilleries
it's electric chain, drawn by common
cause around Kossuth, Mazzini, Hugo
and their brother exiles-a connecting
link fastened to each heart--vibrates
shocks Of light and strength into their
bosoms. 1t has ever been--whilC
humanity remains in man it ever vii
be-companionship to the captive
wealth to the poor, impulse to thu
struggling, support to the suffering
solace to the wretched, Joy to the pros
porous, and to all who deeply know
it, an inspiring presence through life
and in death a hope full of Immortality
But before all subordinate calcula
tions ofservice the inestimable, primar,
use and worth of friendship are in tn
spontaneous royalty and delights o
its own prerogative and fruit:o1: w
prize our friend last for what be doe
for us, first for what heis to us. Darius
holding an open pomegranate in hi
hand, and being asked what it was Q
which he would wish number equa
to the seeds thereof, replied by glanc
. ing at the favorite who leaned agains
the throne, and pronouncing the plura
Of his name, "Zopyruses." Zopyru
succeeded In takiuG the hostile citv r
Babylon for his master, but was wound
ed and badly disfgured in the enter
prise. Darius said, Il would not hav
had Zopyrus manned to gain hun
dred Babylons." While friendship
3 valuable for its Offices, letus not forge
! that it is invaluable for itself. 1t
the choicest exercise of our bes
powers. After all is said, "a frien
is the masterpiece of nature" and en-
joyment Of him the chief ingredie1
in the plrest happiness of the worlt
How often have we felt that our day
would be filled and run over with ur
speakable peace and satisfaction, if W
q could but realize as complete frienC
? ? ship as we dreamed of in the reverie
= of the heart, and languished for whe
+ listening, afoat, in the wizard sphel
E of music! Is it not so with all? Ca
! ! not every one sympathise with tt
spirit of the young Arabs reply I
i King Cyrus? His horse had won tt
, victory for him in great race, an
Cyrus asked if he would sell him for
kingdom. The youth, fondly strokin
the beloved barb's neckwith his chez
answered, "No, but l would give hi
i with all my heart to find a true friend
pi Though we were in paradise, yet
were not good to be there deserted an
! alone. AS some one has said, merit
. cism of Zimmerman, even in tho
peculiar seasons when solitude is swee
"still let me have a friend to whom
= may sag, Solitude is sweet. Nor
2 Ameriean Rericp for July.
In life we shall find many men th
are great, and some men that are goo
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