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And the good, in loving their friend, love their own good

(inasmuch as the good man, when brought into that relation,

becomes a good to him with whom he is so connected), so that

either party loves his own good, and repays his friend equally

both in wishing well and in the pleasurable: for equality is said

to be a tie of Friendship. Well, these points belong most to the

Friendship between good men.