...property we work for. Conversely, our primary economic obligation is only to ourselves. "Then again, do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation...all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor?" he wrote.3 We found self-reliance common as a general orientation in many of those to whom we spoke....

...latter sort of vulnerabilities insofar as they render the vulnerable liable to exploitation (chap. 7). Do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation...as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance" A selfish, contracted, narrow spirit is generally abhorred,...

...confirming Tocqueville's analysis. In the famous essay on "Self-Reliance" Emerson wrote: "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." lo Here we see tangible evidence of Emerson's rejection of the normative authority of the New Testament...

...here is Emerson's creed: 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 today, of my obligation...as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong. Just as schoolmates are seen as family members when school is viewed as a moral equivalent of home,...

...none of us has entirely forgotten, and a more recent past that few remember. 1 A Touch of the Past I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge...as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong. RALPH WALDO EMERSON Among the means of self-preservation devised by man, few are more ancient or more...

...DURRELL (191 2-90). British author. Interview in Observer (London, 11 Nov 1990). 10 Do not tell me ... " P , 1 grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do...

...confirming Tocqueville's analysis. In the famous essay on "SelfReliance," Emerson wrote: "Then, again, do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation...such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong."9 Here we see tangible evidence of Emerson's rejection of the normative authority of the New...

...inhospitable to the demands of social responsibility, and Emerson did not mince words: Do not tell me ... of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations....such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong.37 Indeed, as Ellen Suckiel points out in "Emerson and the Virtues,"38 even those who did belong...

...we cannot spend the day in explanation." And in a burst of chagrin at the temptations of comformity: [D]o not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my...give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom / do not belong. There is a class of persons to whom by all spiritual affinity I am bought and sold;...

...would "emasculate" the people. And we find Emerson fretfully saying that he did not want to hear of any "obligation to put all poor men in good situations....poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I begrudge the dollar, the dime, the cent I give to such men." Not only would one dirty oneself by trying...