...dime, the cent I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong. . . . [T]hough I confess with shame I sometimes succumb and give...which by and by I shall have the manhood to withhold. (CW 2: 30-31) Activism on behalf of suffering others "a thousand miles off" is proof of a false relation...

...dime, the cent I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong. . . . Though I confess with shame I sometimes succumb and give...which by and by I shall have the manhood to withhold. (CW 2: 30-31) It is a wicked dollar because giving it did not result from a sense of duty to "persons...

...the vain end to which many now stand; alms to socs; and the thousandfold Relief Societies;—chough I confess with shame I sometimes succumb and give the dollar, it is a wicked dollar which by-and-by I shall have the manhood to withhold. Virtues are in the popular estimate rather the exception...

...vain end to which many now stand; alms to ants, and the thousand-fold relief societies; — though I confess with shame I sometimes succumb and give...by and by I shall have the manhood to withhold.” No wonder the victims of Whittier must collapse into Dr. Peale's smarmy embrace. What a grisly world...

...the vain end to which many now stand; alms to sots; and the thousandfold Relief Societies;-- though I confess with shame I sometimes succumb and give...which by and by I shall have the manhood to withhold. 2 Though his phrasing is extreme, Emerson is expressing widely held views. Many of his contemporaries...

...the vain end to which many now stand; alms to sots; and the thousandfold Relief Societies;— though I confess with shame I sometimes succumb and give...which by and by I shall have the manhood to withhold. 2 Though his phrasing is extreme, Emerson is expressing widely held views. Many of his contemporaries...

...institutionalized charity, Emerson asked, “Are they my poor?” and denied that he should contribute: “[T]hough I confess with shame I sometimes succumb and give...by and by I shall have the manhood to withhold.” In 1839, he had not yet attained sufficient self-reliance to resist even the simple request for charity....

...to iota, and the thousand-fold Relief Societies;—thougb I confess with shame I sometimes succwnb and give the dollar, it is a wicked dollar, which...his virtues. Men do what is called a good action, as some piece of courage or charity, much as they would pay a fine in expiation of daily non-appearance...

...the vain end to which many now stand; alms to sots, and the thousand-fold Relief Societies; though I confess with shame I sometimes succumb and give...the manhood to withhold. Virtues are, in the popular estiniate, rather the exception than the rule. There is the man and his virtues. Men do what is called...

...meeting-houses to the vain end to which many now stand; alms to sots; and the thousand65 fold Relief Societies;—though I confess with shame I sometimes...which by and by I shall have the manhood to withhold. For nonconformity the world whips you with its displeasure. And therefore a man must know how to estimate...