Being in the middle of a river of my own just then, I had a strong fellow-feeling for Eustace.
A man named Isak treks alone through the thick woods, a "strong, coarse fellow, with a red iron beard, and little scars on face and hands".
Such applicants understand intuitively that, as Professor Winston puts it, "students will learn more, think more carefully and perform better by associating with academically strong fellow students".
Reed himself expressed the guiding principles of his life in a letter addressed to a new Boys Clubb in Manchester: "The strong fellows should look after the weak, the active must look after the lazy, the merry must cheer up the dull, the sharp must lend a helping hand to the duffer.
Your turn now – make your strong fellow-commentators cry with your favourite sad moment from a book.
In the face of what is seen as continued Western aggression, it is harder for Muslims in any country to take a strong stand against fellow Muslims for fear of being branded as traitors.
He married a strong woman, a fellow lawyer, Pauline LaFon, and spent much of his career defending unpopular stands, like his opposition to American involvement in Vietnam and his refusal to sign Senator Strom Thurmond's Southern Manifesto, which encouraged Southerners to defy court decisions on desegregation.
Bournemouth survived a strong fightback from fellow promotion hopefuls Swindon Town - and a half-time pitch inspection - to match a club record and go 18 games unbeaten in all competitions.
Adcock's former partner Imogen Bankier, with whom he won World Championship silver in 2011, has formed a strong pairing with fellow Scot Robert Blair - who used to play with White.
