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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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Ralph Waldo Emerson

Oscar W. Firkins - 1915 - 404 pages
...to-day, of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, them foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar,...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...
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American Poets and Their Theology

Augustus Hopkins Strong - 1916 - 522 pages
...motherhood. " Obligation to put all poor men into good situations ?" says Emerson. "Are they my poor? . . I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to...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...
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The Heritage of the Commonwealth, and Other Papers

Rob Roy McGregor Converse - 1916 - 368 pages
...not tell me of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to such men as do not belong to me." The slave morality speaks a different language. It says, "Let us be different from our wicked rulers;...
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Essays for College English

James Cloyd Bowman - 1918 - 504 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 meetinghouses to the vain end...
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Types of the Essay

Benjamin Alexander Heydrick - 1921 - 416 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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Essays and Poems of Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 580 pages
...to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropi^L that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent I give...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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Mental Evolution

Ulysses Grant King - 1921 - 302 pages
...some charity organization, are allowed to go unmolested. In speaking of Charity, Emerson rightly says, "There is a class of persons to whom by all spiritual...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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Select Essays and Addresses, Including The American Scholar

Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1922 - 314 pages
...me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my 3d poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that...for them I will go to prison, if need be ; but your mi* cellaneous popular charities; the education at college ol fools; the building of meeting-houses...
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Adventures in Essay Reading: Essays for First-year Students Selected by the ...

University of Michigan. Department of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1923 - 444 pages
...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,...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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Adventures in Essay Reading: Essays Selected by the Department of Rhetoric ...

University of Michigan. Dept. of Rhetoric and Journalism - 1924 - 460 pages
...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,...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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