Word: companionship
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...Last Thursday Walter Marcks saw the old horse making his way slowly up the road. The animal came directly to him, where he was working behind the house. It seemed lonesome for the human companionship it had enjoyed during a long life. 'Old Bill' craned his neck at the touch of Mr. Marcks' stroking hand. "A slight shudder then, and Old Bill sank to the ground...
...women approximately twice as much so as men. But: "It is a love of the mind rather than of the senses. . . . They still write about willow trees and the lovers' moon over the meadows, but their moon has no mushy tears in its eyes. . . . Freud has been dethroned. . . . Companionship and sympathetic understanding are the two goals which the new poets are seeking." Wrote a Pennsylvania boy: Do we love the less That our love is quiet? That we find heart-peace Though we miss heart-riot...
...Surgeon General Patterson blames the tropics: "Residence in the tropic regions at or near the sea level is unfavorable to the health of Northern races. Among the things which may exercise deleterious effects may be cited . . . the temperature . . . the humidity . . . exposure to actinic rays . . . absence of normal sources of companionship and amusement, resulting in mental depressions . . . lack of exercise and excessive indulgence in food, alcohol and venery . . . association with natives. ... In my opinion nobody-no white man-lives in the tropics over a long period who does not deteriorate in practically every way." "Children," said General Patterson...
...Supreme happiness is theirs-young, strong, healthy, independent, free and in love! Each will receive daily their necessary rations. The whole country is before them. We can picture them wandering over hill and dale. . . . "Cold weather, however, soon drives them indoors. A desire for luxury, for occupation and for companionship awakes in them. The young husband tires of loafing, love-making begins to pall, love begins to seem to both of them not quite 'enough.' ... So he takes a job in the Capitals and proudly
...wasting space, valuable or otherwise. Being single, the question of alimony does not immediately concern me at the moment. However, I quote the gentleman: "They ('the vaunted female sex') want something for nothing . . ." ''For nothing?" Waving aside all opinion as to woman's spiritual companionship and other vague attributes, there still remains in fact as opposed to theory that one thing which woman alone can contribute. . . . Let the M. Bernheim wipe the perspiration from his brow. and reconsider...