
ALT If, of three friends (A, B, and C), A should die, then B loses not only A but βAβs part in Cβ, while C loses not only A but βAβs part in Bβ. In each of my friends there is something that only some other friend can fully bring out. By myself I am not large enough to call the whole man into activity; I want other lights than my own to show all his facets. Now that Charles is dead, I shall never again see Ronaldβs reaction to a specifically Caroline joke. Far from having more of Ronald, having him βto myselfβ now that Charles is away, I have less of Ronald. Hence true Friendship is the least jealous of loves. Two friends delight to be joined by a third, and three by a fourth, if only the newcomer is qualified to become a real friend. They can then say, as the blessed souls say in Dante, βHere comes one who will augment our loves.β For in this love βto divide is not to take awayβ.






















