A fr
iend
is a person w
ith whom
i may be s
incere. Before h
im
i may th
ink aloud.
i am arr
ived at last
in the presence of a man so real and equal, that
i may drop even those undermost garments of d
iss
imulat
ion, courtesy, and second thought, wh
ich men never put off, and may deal w
ith h
im w
ith the s
impl
ic
ity and wholeness w
ith wh
ich one chem
ical atom meets another.