 Then, aguin, 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...  Essays - Sivu 43tekijä(t) Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1841 - 303 sivuaKoko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1915 - 200 sivua
...the day in explanation. Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company. Then, again, do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation...my poor? I 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... | |
 | Oscar W. Firkins - 1915 - 404 sivua
...less than the eternal law. I will have no covenants but proximities.' " * /. Truculence. "Then again, do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation...in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, them foolish philanthropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent I give to such men as do... | |
 | Augustus Hopkins Strong - 1916 - 522 sivua
...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... | |
 | Rob Roy McGregor Converse - 1916 - 368 sivua
...these trammels in his intercourse with the vulgar horde below him. Compare Emerson: "Do 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... | |
 | Alice Hubbard - 1918 - 382 sivua
...day in explanation. Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company. <I Then again, do not tell me, as a good man did today, of my obligations to put all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 584 sivua
...the day in explanation. Expect me not to show cause why I seek or why I exclude company. Then, again, do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation...tell thee, thou foolish philanthropist, that I grudge charity, much as they would pay a fine in expiation of daily non-appearance on parade. Their works... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1921 - 580 sivua
...show cause why I seek or why I excluoe company. Thi again, do not tell me, as a good man did tto-day, of my obligation 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 to such men as do not belong to... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1926 - 398 sivua
...poor? I tell thee, thou foolish philai thropist, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent I gn| to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do n« belong. There is a class of persons *o whom by all spiritu. affinity I am bought and sold; for... | |
 | Stanley Cavell - 1981 - 300 sivua
...greater specificity, than Emerson's saying in "SelfReliance," as he pictures himself going off to write, "Do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation...all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor?" That is, it is not I who make them and who keep them poor; and so far as I can better the situation... | |
 | Stanley Cavell - 1988 - 430 sivua
...as for example when Emerson remarks in "Self-Reliance," as he pictures himself going off to write, "Do not tell me, as a good man did to-day, of my obligation...all poor men in good situations. Are they my poor?" Why raise this issue if you have nothing more or better to say about it? Because Emerson has already... | |
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