"I want a warm and faithful friend,
To cheer the adverse hour;
Who ne'er to flatter will descend,
Nor bend the knee to power,-
A friend to chide me when I 'm wrong,
My inmost soul to see;
And that my friendship prove as strong
For him as his for me."
-- John Quincy Adams (b. 1767-07-11, d. 1848-02-23; US President 1825-1829), from "The Wants of Man", 1841
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