awareness of the other person's personality and specialized compatibility of outlook, on a corres\rponding\rappreciation of artistic expression, on a love of fine foods, on philosophy, or on the enjoyment of\rpoetry with another for 30 years without learning about either of his friends, personal lives or fami\rlies.\r4 In Germany, friendship is much more a matter of feeling and sest relationship over a lifetime is\rbetween brothers and\r5 English friendships follow a still different wo couples or even a small hanced by becoming a\rn integrated part of a family's social life.\r6 What, then, is friendship and what is its\rsignificance? To summarize, it*s a vital human quality that can bind people together for e wh\rerever I am, when Fm with friends, I feel at\r 0 @ P `