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his good done to me, — some of its virus mingled with 
my blood. No; — in this case I would rather suffer evil 
the natural way. A man is not a good man to me 
because he will feed me if I should be starving, or warm 
me if I should be freezing, or pull me out of a ditch if 
I should ever fall into one. I can find you a New¬ 
foundland dog that will do as much. Philanthropy is 
not love for one’s fellow-man in the broadest sense. 
Howard was no doubt an exceedingly kind and worthy 
man in his way, and has his reward; but, comparatively 
speaking, what are a hundred Howards to us , if their 
philanthropy do not help us in our best estate, when we 
are most worthy to be helped? I never heard of a 
philanthropic meeting in which it was sincerely pro¬ 
posed to do any good to me, or the like of me. 
The Jesuits were quite balked by those Indians who, 
being burned at the stake, suggested new modes of tor¬ 
ture to their tormentors. Being superior to physical 
suffering, it sometimes chanced that they were superior 
to any consolation which the missionaries could offer; 
and the law to do as you would be done by fell with 
less persuasiveness on the ears of those, who, for their 
part, did not care how they were done by, who loved 
their enemies after a new fashion, and came very near 
freely forgiving them all they did. 
Be sure that you give the poor the aid they most 
need, though it be your example which leaves them far 
behind. If you give money, spend yourself with it, and 
do not merely abandon it to them. We make curious 
mistakes sometimes. Often the poor man is not so 
cold and hungry as he is dirty and ragged and gross. 
It is partly his taste, and not merely his misfortune. 
If you give him money, he will perhaps buy more rags 
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