ABSTRACT
People meet me full of friendship; they show me a thousand civilities; they render me services of all sorts. But that is precisely what I am complaining of. How can you become immediately the friend of a man whom you have never seen before? The true human interest, the plain and noble effusion of an honest soul—these speak a language far different from the insincere demonstrations of politeness (and the false appearances), which the customs of the great world demand.
