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" Then, aguin, do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor ? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent I give to such men as do not belong... "
Essays - Page 43
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 303 pages
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Select Essays and Poems

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1808 - 168 pages
...the day in explanation. Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company. Then, again, do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation...give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom so severe on the "angry bigot" ? From what motives do people give to beggars ? Would all beggars "belong"...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 354 pages
...the day in explanation. Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company. Then, again, do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation...that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to-such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong. There is a class of persons to whom...
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Notes on the Parables of Our Lord

Richard Chenevix Trench - 1850 - 440 pages
...think that they two had little in common. I make this extract from Emerson's Essays (Ess. 2) : •' Do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation...all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor 7 I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grndge the dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to...
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The Light of Prophecy: Being Lectures Delivered During Lent, 1856, at St ...

Light, Twelve Clergymen of the Church of England - 1856 - 376 pages
...the two ? In my judgment, it is most exact. Let me add another extract from Emerson. " Then again, do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation...do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong."* Nor is there wanting that feature of character which the Apostle mentions last, fj-op^coa-iv ev<re/3et«9....
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Sermons

William Bouton Weed - 1861 - 440 pages
...of my obligations to do good to all men — to put all poor men, for instance, into good situations. I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent I give to such as do not belong to me, and to whom I do not belong. There is a class of persons to whom, by all spiritual...
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Notes on the Parables of Our Lord

Richard Chenevix Trench - 1862 - 436 pages
...think that they two had little in common. I make this extract from Emerson's Essays (Ess. 2) : •' Do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation...all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor 7 I tell thee. thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to...
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Notes on the parables of our Lord

Richard Chenevix Trench (abp. of Dublin.) - 1864 - 538 pages
...we might think that he had little in common. I make this extract from Emerson's Etsayt (Ess. 2) : " Do not tell me, as a good man did today, of my obligation to put all poor men into good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the...
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The Collected Works of ... P. ...

Theodore Parker - 1864 - 626 pages
...mean and low, and then he says, with a good deal of truth but some exaggeration : " Do not tell me of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my ppor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent I give...
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Notes on the Parables of Our Lord

Richard Chenevix Trench - 1867 - 436 pages
...think that they two had little in common. ' I make this extract from Emerson's Essays (Ess. 2) : -' Do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are theyra^ poor 1 T tell thee. thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent,...
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A suggestive commentary on the New Testament. St. Luke (St. John) by W.H ...

William Howard Van Doren - 1867 - 552 pages
...spirit of the Gospel. — "Do not tell me, asa good man did to-day, of my obligation to put all your poor men in good situations. — Are they MY poor...tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge ihe dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to such men ai do not nELONP to ME, and to whom I do not belong...
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