Charity

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Please, sir, I want some more.

Charles Dickens

Oliver Twist

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Soup Poverty Charity

Speaker

Oliver Twist

Author

Charles Dickens

Source

Oliver Twist

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1837 1830s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. "Oliver Twist; or, The Parish Boy's Progress." Bentley's Miscellany. London: Richard Bentley, Feb. 1837, issue 1, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. Oliver Twist. Penguin, 2003, ch. 2.

For I was hungry and you gave Me food; I was thirsty and you gave Me drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you visited Me; I was in prison and you came to Me.

Jesus

Matthew 25:35-36

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Topic

Serving others Charity

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible, New King James Version. Thomas Nelson, 1982. (Matthew 25:35-36).

This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to every one that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God.

Walt Whitman

Leaves of Grass

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Topic

Loving others Serving others Charity

Author

Walt Whitman

Source

Leaves of Grass

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

English

Time

1855 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass. Brooklyn, New York: Self-published, 1855, preface.

Current Citation

Whitman, Walt. Leaves of Grass: The Complete 1855 and 1891-2 Editions. Library of America, 2011, preface to 1855 edition.

You must help the weak and remember the words of the Lord Jesus, that He Himself said, "It is more blessed to give than to receive."

Apostle Paul

Acts 20:35

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Topic

Charity Giving Generosity

Speaker

Apostle Paul

Source

Book of Acts The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Greek

Time

62 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: New American Standard Bible. The Lockman Foundation, 1971. (Acts 20:35).

If you want to be perfect, go, sell what you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow Me.

Jesus

Matthew 19:21

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Topic

Charity Poverty Salvation

Speaker

Jesus

Source

Gospel of Matthew The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Language

Greek

Time

60 60s 1st century

Era

Classical antiquity

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Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Matthew 19:21).

Cast thy bread upon the waters: for thou shalt find it after many days.

Ecclesiastes 11:1

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Topic

Helping others What goes around comes around Generosity Charity

Source

Ecclesiastes The Bible

Medium

Scripture

Genre

Religious literature

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

Hebrew

Time

931 BC 930s BC 10th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 11:1).

The most melancholy of human reflections, perhaps, is that, on the whole, it is a question whether the benevolence of mankind does most good or harm.

Walter Bagehot

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Topic

Good intentions Charity

Author

Walter Bagehot

Source

Physics and Politics

Genre

Political literature

Statement Type

Paradox

Language

English

Time

1872 1870s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Bagehot, Walter. Physics and Politics. New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1873, ch. 5.

Current Citation

Bagehot, Walter. Physics and Politics. Cambridge University Press, 2010, ch. 5.

There were two classes of charitable people; one, the people who did a little and made a great deal of noise; the other, the people who did a great deal and made no noise at all.

Charles Dickens

Bleak House

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Topic

Generosity Charity

Author

Charles Dickens

Source

Bleak House

Medium

Novel

Language

English

Time

1852 1850s 19th century

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Dickens, Charles. Bleak House. London: Bradbury & Evans, May 1852, issue 3, ch. 8.

Current Citation

Dickens, Charles. Bleak House. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 8.

Surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community.

Andrew Carnegie

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Charity

Author

Andrew Carnegie

Language

English

Time

1889 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Carnegie, Andrew. "The Best Fields for Philanthropy." North American Review, 25 Nov. 1889.

Current Citation

Carnegie, Andrew. "The Best Fields for Philanthropy." The Gospel of Wealth Essays and Other Writings. Penguin Classics, 2006.

No-one would remember the good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.

Margaret Thatcher

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Good Samaritan Charity

Speaker

Margaret Thatcher

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1980 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Thatcher, Margaret. "TV Interview for London Weekend Television." Weekend World. 6 Jan. 1980, London, England, UK. TV Interview.

A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog.

Jack London

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Topic

Charity Sacrifice

Author

Jack London

Source

My Confession The Road

Medium

Short story

Language

English

Time

1907 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 0

Original Citation

London, Jack. "My Confession." The Road. MacMillan & Company, 1907.

Current Citation

London, Jack. "My Confession." The Road. Dover Publications, 2016.

Private beneficence is totally inadequate to deal with the vast numbers of the city's disinherited.

Jane Addams

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Topic

Poverty Political theory Role of government Charity

Author

Jane Addams

Source

Twenty Years at Hull House

Genre

Sociology

Language

English

Time

1910 1910s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Addams, Jane. Twenty Years at Hull House. The Macmillan Company, 1910.

God gave me my money. I believe the power to make money is a gift from God... I believe it is my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money I make for the good of my fellow man according to the dictates of my conscience.

John D. Rockefeller

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Charity

Speaker

John D. Rockefeller

Medium

Interview

Language

English

Time

1905 1900s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Rockefeller, John Davison. Interviewed by William Hoster. c. 1905.

Current Citation

Rockefeller, John Davison. Quoted in The Rockefellers: An American dynasty, written by Peter Collier and David Horowitz. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976, ch. 3.