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
| William B. Cairns - 1912 - 520 pages
...did to-day, of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell tbee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar,...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... | |
| 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...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... | |
| Frederick William Roe, George Roy Elliott - 1913 - 530 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,...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 bought... | |
| 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;... | |
| Maurice Garland Fulton - 1914 - 568 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... | |
| Maurice Garland Fulton - 1914 - 556 pages
...Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou fool ish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, tht cent I give to such men as do not belong to me and...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... | |
| Mary Edwards Calhoun, Emma Leonora MacAlarney - 1915 - 670 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... | |
| Sir Dinshaw Edulji Wacha - 1915 - 250 pages
...acted in obedience to a truer instinct of which a great thinker has written in the striking words : " I tell thee thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge...will go to prison, if need be, but your miscellaneous popular charities — the education at college of fools ; the building of 131 meeting houses to the... | |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1915 - 200 pages
...put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, 20 that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent I give...will go to prison if need be ; but your miscellaneous popular 25 charities ; the education at college of fools ; the building of meeting-houses to the vain... | |
| Oscar W. Firkins - 1915 - 404 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.' " * g. Apocalyptic wrath. "Nobody doubts that Daniel Webster could make a good speech. Nobody doubts... | |
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