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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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A suggestive commentary on the New Testament. St. Luke (St. John) by W.H ...

William Howard Van Doren - 1869 - 566 pages
...good situations. — Are they MY poor ? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge ihe dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to such men as do not nELONG to ME, and to whom I do not belong 1 Emcnon. This has the ring of the primeval fratricide :...
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The Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1870 - 592 pages
...day in explanation. Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company. Then, again, da not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation...all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor 1 I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to...
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Half Truths and the Truth: Lectures on the Origin and Development of ...

Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 420 pages
...and beneficence among men. His own language shall decide whether I have misrepresented him or not. " I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge...do not belong to me, and to whom I do not "belong. Your miscellaneous popular charities ; the education at college of fools ; the building of meeting-houses...
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Half truths and the truth, lects. on the origin and development of ...

Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 544 pages
...and beneficence among men. His own language shall decide whether I have misrepresented him or not. " I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge...do not belong to me, and to whom I do not belong. Your miscellaneous popular charities ; the education at college of fools ; the building of meeting-houses...
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Half Truths and the Truth: Lectures on the Origin and Development of ...

Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 420 pages
...and beneficence among men. His own language shall decide whether I have misrepresented him or not. " I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge...the cent, I give to such men as do not belong to me, aud to whom I do not belong. Your miscellaneous popular charities ; the education at college of fools...
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Half Truths and the Truth: Lectures on the Origin and Development of ...

Jacob Merrill Manning - 1872 - 418 pages
...and beneficence among men. His own language shall decide whether I have misrepresented him or not. " I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge...dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to such men as clo not belong to me, and to whom I do not belong. Your miscellaneous popular charities ; the education...
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Notes on the Parables of Our Lord

Richard Chenevix Trench - 1874 - 532 pages
...whom we might think that he had little in common. I make this extract from Emerson's Ussays (Ess. z) : 'Do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, 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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Works

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 648 pages
...the day in explanation. Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company. Then, again, m with a desire for the whole ; a desire raging, infinite...planets ; a cry of famine, as of devils for souls. l grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do...
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Christian Thought, Volume 1

1886 - 436 pages
...are hateful, "because they pollute the morning with their corruption and groans." As to the poor, " Are they my poor ? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist,...do not belong to me, and to whom I do not belong." Furthermore, as to morals, " Nothing at last is sacred but the integrity of your own mind." "Good and...
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An English Grammar: For the Use of High School, Academy, and College Classes

William Malone Baskervill, James Witt Sewell - 1895 - 358 pages
...probably been bred to, and which will at least give them a chance of becoming President. — HOLMES. 14. I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to Such as . . . such men as do not belong to me, and to whom I do not whombelong. — EMERSON. 15. That evil...
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