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 43by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 303 pagesFull view - About this book
| Hugh Black - 1901 - 362 pages
...persons, to whom by all spiritual affinity he is bought and sold, but " do not tell me," he says, " as a good man did today, of my obligation to put all...do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong." Emerson was personally saved from all that this seems to mean by his temper of mind, his idealism,... | |
| William Thompson - 1906 - 486 pages
...neighbourhood, but of those " a thousand miles off"; and he asks, " Are they my poor ? I tell thee, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent I give...as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong, — though I confess with shame I sometimes succumb and give the dollar, it is a wicked dollar, which... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1907 - 270 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 to put all poor men in 5 good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee thou foolish philanthropist that I grudge the dollar,... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1912 - 314 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...to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my 30 poor ? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent I... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 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 to put all poor men in good situations. Are they 10 my poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent,... | |
| William B. Cairns - 1912 - 520 pages
...passage like the following from the essay on "Self-Reliance," is likely to be shocked or bewildered : Do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation...poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell tbee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent I give to such men... | |
| William B. Cairns - 1912 - 520 pages
...passage like the following from the essay on "Self-Reliance," is likely to be shocked or bewildered: Do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation to pnt all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that... | |
| Frederick William Roe, George Roy Elliott - 1913 - 512 pages
...day in explanation. Expect me not to show cause why las seek or why I exclude company. Then, again, do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation...cent I give to such men as do not belong to me and 30 to whom I do not belong. There is a class of persons to whom by all spiritual affinity I am btmght... | |
| Maurice Garland Fulton - 1914 - 556 pages
...explanation. Expect me not to show cause why I seek ot why I exclude company. Then, again, do not tell me, at a good man did to-day, of my obligation to put all...good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou fool ish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, tht cent I give to such men as do not... | |
| Oscar W. Firkins - 1915 - 404 pages
...less than the eternal law. I will have no covenants but proximities.' " * /. Truculence. "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.' " * g. Apocalyptic wrath. "Nobody doubts that Daniel Webster could make a good speech. Nobody doubts... | |
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