 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 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...  The American Scholar,: Self-reliance, Compensation, - Page 54by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 132 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Waldo [essays] Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...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,...will go to prison, if need be; but your miscellaneous popular charities; the education at college of fools; the building of meeting-houses to the vain end... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1849 - 270 pages
...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,...go to prison, if need be ; but your miscellaneous popular charities ; the education at college of fools ; the building of meeting-houses to the vain... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 352 pages
...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,...go to prison, if need be ; but your miscellaneous popular charities; the education at, college of fools ; the building of meeting-houses to the vain... | |
 | 1849 - 448 pages
...some exaggeration : " Do not tell me of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor ? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist,...go to prison, if need be ; but your miscellaneous popular charities ; the education at college of fools ; the building of meeting-houses to the vain... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1850 - 354 pages
...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,...go to prison, if need be ; but your miscellaneous popular charities ; the education at college of fools ; the building of meeting-houses to the vain... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1850 - 440 pages
...tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grndge the dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to snch men as do not belong to me, and to whom I do not belong....to whom by all spiritual affinity I am bought and Bold ; for them I will go to prison, if need be ; but your miscellaneous popular charities," &c. tions... | |
 | Richard Chenevix Trench - 1856 - 438 pages
...a good man did to-day, of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor 1 I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge...bought and sold ; for them I will go to prison, if need bo ; but your miscellaneous popular charities," &c. tiona of Palestine.* St. Jerome mentions that a... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1856 - 354 pages
...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,...class of persons to whom by all spiritual affinity T am bought and sold ; for them I will go to prison, if need be ; but your miscellaneous popular charities... | |
 | Light, Twelve Clergymen of the Church of England - 1856 - 374 pages
...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,...do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong."* Nor is there wanting that feature of character which the Apostle mentions last, fj-op^coa-iv ev<re/3et«9.... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1852 - 352 pages
...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,...go to prison, if need be ; but your miscellaneous popular charities ; the education at college of fools ; the building of meeting-houses to the vain... | |
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