{"date":"July 23","id":"07-23","intro":["There are styles in friendship as well as in clothes. The mode of friendship of Bacon’s time went out with plumed hats and long hose. But Bacon knew the true test of a friend."],"minutes":15,"readings":[{"author":"Francis Bacon","end":72,"start":65,"volume":3,"work":"Essays"}],"slug":"july-23","status":"proofread","title":"Friendship Above Love?","url":"/harvard-classics/july-23/","words":3026}