“A man with few friends is only half-developed; there
are whole sides of his nature which are locked up and have never been
expressed. He cannot unlock them himself, he cannot even discover them; friends
alone can stimulate him and open them. Such a man is in prison; his soul is in
penal solitude. A man must get friends as he would get food and drink for
nourishment and sustenance. And he must keep them, as he would keep health and
wealth, as the infallible safeguards against misery and poverty of spirit.”—Progressive
Era essayist, social critic, and disabilities advocate Randolph Bourne
(1886-1918),
Youth and Life (1911)
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