This wakens us again to another field of thought, and that is what association can create in us - the association of a sad person or of a happy one, of a foolish or of a wise person, the association of a noble minded person or of one who is low. The associate partakes of the one he associates with and vibrates what he partakes of. You can almost hear it spoken in the atmosphere of that person, in his expression, in his thought, speech and action. A person, however happy, will have a line of melody of wretchedness if he has associated with someone who is miserable. It continues, it sings its song separate from the whole symphony. It has its peculiar tone, one can always distinguish it. A wise person who has associated with a foolish one has kept a line; it is quite a different melody, it is in a different key, it has a different pitch from his original song. In a person who has associated with someone who is noble minded, someone of high quality, in spite of all his shortcomings one will see a line marked, distinctly audible to the hearts that listen.