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Issue Details: First known date: 1884... 1884 On Friendship
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'Friends as a rule are a mistake' proclaims Q., the narrator, for 'they are too expensive'. He has also found that friends require deft handling in order not to cause unintended offence. He has therefore forsworn them, 'except as a gentle stimulant and in case of sickness'.

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