| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 20075 |
| QUOTATION: | Friendship demands a religious treatment. We talk of choosing our friends, but friends are self-elected. Reverence is a great part of it. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Ralph Waldo Emerson (18031882), U.S. essayist, poet, philosopher. Friendship, Essays, First Series (1841, repr. 1847). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
| WORKS: | Emerson Collection. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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