Chapter XXXIII. The Apology [Translated by the Rev. S. Thelwall, Late Scholar of Christ's College, Cantab.] downloades

New perspectives can also change the individual's old circle of acquaintances. It's sometimes hard to share the new interests and insights you've gained:

My friends have been replaced a lot. I don't have much contact with… I have virtually no contact with them who don't… It will be impossible for me to sit and be questioned. It doesn't work for me, I feel very limited. I'd rather be with friends who have an understanding, and also have that interest. Because that's where I develop in those relationships, I don't do that in the other relationships anymore, then it's finished (p9).