"The men and woman who make the best……" — John Jay Chapman

The men and woman who make the best boon companions seem to… - John Jay Chapman

"The men and woman who make the best boon companions seem to have given up hope of doing something else...some defect of talent or opportunity has cut them off from their pet ambition and has thus left them with leisure to take an interest in their lives of others. Your ambition may be, it makes him keep his thoughts at home. But the heartbroken people - if I may use the word in a mild, benevolent sense - the people whose wills are subdued to fate, give us consolation, recognition, and welcome."

— John Jay Chapman

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