The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are n…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). The Conduct of Life, p.132, Harvard University Press
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The worst of charity is that the lives you are asked to preserve are not worth preserving. ✨ Ralph Waldo Emerson, Barbara L. Packer, Joseph Slater, Douglas Emory Wilson (2003). The Conduct of Life, p.132, Harvard University Press

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