Henry David Thoreau quote: Be sure that you give the poor the aid they most need, though it be your example which leaves them ...

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.

~ Henry David Thoreau ~

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