Be sure that you give the poor the aid they most need. If you give mon…

Henry David Thoreau
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Be sure that you give the poor the aid they most need. If you give money, spend yourself with it, and do not merely abandon it to them. Often the poor man is not cold and hungry as he is dirty and ragged and gross. It is partly his taste, and not merely his misfortune. ✨ Henry David Thoreau (2000). Walden and Other Writings: (A Modern Library E-Book), p.78, Modern Library
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