Friendship XX: Day 233 readings from "Character And Conduct" - August 23

Readings for August 23 from "Character And Conduct: A Book Of Helpful Thoughts by Great Writers of Past and Present Ages" selected and arranged for daily reading by Constance M. Whishaw.

"Friendship"

Original text:

https://archive.org/details/characterandcon00unkngoog/page/n251/mode/2up
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/39648/39648-h/39648-h.htm#Page_235

Authors featured today:

Eustache Deschamps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eustache_Deschamps
Constance Whishaw provides no attribution for the second reading, but it appears to be by Hugh Black https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Black_(theologian)
James Russell Lowell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Russell_Lowell

Book featured today:

"Friendship: Chapter 4 - The Choice of Friendship" by Hugh Black
http://articles.ochristian.com/article15439.shtml

Image:

James Russell Lowell, engraved by J.A.J. Wilcox
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:James_Russell_Lowell_-_1855.jpg