 Then again, do not tell me, as a good man did today, 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 47by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1848 - 333 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1883 - 356 pages
...I tell thee thou foolish philanthropist 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....and sold ; for them I will go to prison if need be j but your miscellaneous popular charities ; the education at college of fools ; the building of meeting-houses... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1884 - 356 pages
...I tell thee thou foolish philanthropist 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....bought and sold ; for them I will go to prison if . Le ; but your miscellaneous popular charities ; the education at college of fools ; the building... | |
 | 1884 - 506 pages
...Englander on his philanthropical activity, and to find his beneficence and its institutions a bore. " Your miscellaneous popular charities, the education...building of meeting-houses to the vain end to which many of these now stand, alms to sots, and the thousand- fold relief societies — though I confess with... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1885 - 234 pages
...Englander on his philanthropical activity, and to find his beneficence and its institutions a bore ! ' Your miscellaneous popular charities, the education...building of meeting-houses to the vain end to which many of these now stand, alms to sots, and the thousand-fold relief societies,—though I confess with shame... | |
 | 1886 - 436 pages
...tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, 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." Furthermore, as to morals, " Nothing at last is sacred but the integrity of your own mind." "Good and... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1888 - 802 pages
...I tell thee thou foolish philanthropist 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....need be ; but your miscellaneous popular charities 5 the education at college of fools ; the building of meeting-houses to the vain end to which many... | |
 | Rev. James Wood - 1893 - 694 pages
...dollar, the dime, the cent I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong ; (but) there is a class of persons to whom, by all spiritual...and sold; for them I will go to prison if need be. Emerson, I guadagni mediocri empiono la borsa— Moderate profits fill the purse. It, Pr. I had as... | |
 | William Malone Baskervill, James Witt Sewell - 1895 - 358 pages
...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 influence which carried me first away Which . . . from my father's... | |
 | Matthew Arnold - 1897 - 464 pages
...beneficence and its institutions a bore ! " Your miscellaneous popular charities, the education at col25 lege of fools, the building of meeting-houses to the vain end to which many of these now stand, alms to sots, and the thousand-fold relief societies, — though I confess with... | |
 | 1899 - 704 pages
...dollar, the dime, the cent I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong ; (but) there is a class of persons to whom, by all spiritual affinity, I am bought and sola; for them I will go to prison if need be. Emerson. I guadagni mediocri empiono la borsa — Moderate... | |
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