 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 - 1909 - 496 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. There is a class of persons to whom by «11 spiritual affinity I am bought and sold; for them I will go to prison if need be; but your miscellaneous... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 148 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....go to prison, if need be ; but your miscellaneous is popular charities ; the education at college of fools ; the building of meetinghouses to the vain... | |
 | Frederick William Roe, George Roy Elliott - 1913 - 512 pages
...philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the 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...building of meeting-houses to the vain end to which many 35 now stand; alms to sots, and the thousandfold Relief Societies; — though I confess with shame... | |
 | Frederick William Roe, George Roy Elliott - 1913 - 512 pages
...philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the 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 and sold; for them I will go to prison if need be; but your miscellaneous popular charities;... | |
 | Sir Dinshaw Edulji Wacha - 1915 - 250 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....the education at college of fools ; the building of 131 meeting houses to the vain end of which many now stand ; alms to sots ; and all the thousand fold... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1915 - 200 pages
...tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, 20 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....prison if need be ; but your miscellaneous popular 25 charities ; the education at college of fools ; the building of meeting-houses to the vain end to... | |
 | Oscar W. Firkins - 1915 - 404 pages
...tell thee, them 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.' " 4 g. Apocalyptic vrrath. "Nobody doubts that Daniel Webster could make a good speech. Nobody doubts... | |
 | Augustus Hopkins Strong - 1916 - 522 pages
...situations ?" says Emerson. "Are they my poor? . . 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." The least and lowest of all the sons of men had worth enough for Jesus to make him willing to suffer... | |
 | Alice Hubbard - 1918 - 382 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....miscellaneous popular charities; the education at the college of fools; the building of meetinghouses to the vain end to which many now stand; alms to... | |
 | Maurice Garland Fulton - 1918 - 448 pages
...Jfew'Englander on his philanthropical activity, and to find his "beneficence and its institutions a bore! "Your miscellaneous popular charities, the education...building of meetinghouses to the vain end to which many of these nofy.' stand, alms to sots, and the thousandfold relief societies^-though I confess with shame... | |
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