Do not tell me of my obligation to put all poor men in good situations…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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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, that I grudge the dollar, the dime, the cent, I give to such men as do not belong to me and to whom I do not belong ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson (2010). Self-Reliance, the Over-Soul, and Other Essays, p.22, Coyote Canyon Press
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