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" 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 54
by Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1911 - 132 pages
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Emerson, Volume 1

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1899 - 380 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...
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Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern: English and Foreign ...

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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History, Self-reliance, Nature, Spiritual Laws, The American Scholar

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 206 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 ; trie education at college of fools; the building of meeting-houses to the vain...
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Essays. 1901

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1901 - 554 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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Culture and Restraint

Hugh Black - 1901 - 362 pages
...says, " 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,...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,...
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So this Then is the Essay on Self-reliance

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1902 - 66 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,...spiritual affinity I am bought and sold; for them Is will go to prison, if need be ; but your miscellaneous popular charities ; the education at college...
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A Selection from the Best English Essays Illustrative of the History of ...

Sherwin Cody - 1903 - 476 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 meetinghouses to the vain end...
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The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Essays. 1st series

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 478 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...
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Essays, Volumes 1-2

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1903 - 842 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,...spiritual affinity I am bought and sold ; for them \ will go to prison if need be ; but your miscellaneous popular charities ; the education at college...
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Essays

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1904 - 362 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...
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