 | 1816 - 408 pages
...these Societies. We agree in the following sentiment, and wish every success to the laudable scheme contemplated : "It is not by the alms of the wealthy,...oftener given to idleness and hypocrisy, than aid to sufr-ring worth. He is the most rfl'ective benefactor to the poor, who enOrdinations. Ordained at Northborough,... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1816 - 606 pages
...sensibly alive to. the truth that it is not by the alms of the wealthy that the good of the working class can be generally promoted. By such donations...oftener given to idleness and hypocrisy, than aid to Buffering worth. He is . the most effective benefactor to the poor, who encourages them in the habits... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1816 - 608 pages
...taken the lead in these banks in the north. This gentleman seems to be sensibly alive to the truth that it is not by the alms of the wealthy that the good of the working class can be generally promoted. By such donations encouragement is far oftener given to idleness... | |
 | Robert Ellis Thompson, William Wilberforce Newton, Otis H. Kendall - 1878 - 992 pages
...incorporation for a " Saving Bank." In the announcement of their intention, the following words were used : " It is not by the alms of the wealthy that the good of the lower classes can be generally promoted. By such donations, encouragement is far oftener given to idleness... | |
 | John Joseph Lalor - Economics - 1882 - 870 pages
...of intention to apply to the legislature of Massachusetts for an act of incorporation. They say : " It is not by the alms of the wealthy that the good...such donations encouragement is far oftener given toidleness and hypocrisy than aid to suffering worth. He is the most effective benefactor to the poor,... | |
 | John Joseph Lalor - Economics - 1883 - 874 pages
...of intention to apply to the legislature of Massachusetts for an act of incorporation. They say: " It is not by the alms of the wealthy that the good...them in habits of industry, sobriety and frugality." — This, the Boston provident savings institution, was incorporated Dec. 13, 1816, thus giving to... | |
 | James Hilton Manning - Savings banks - 1917 - 464 pages
...one of these societies. We agree in the following sentiment, and wish every success to the laudible schemes contemplated: "It is not by the alms of the wealthy, that the good of the lower classes can be generally promoted. By such donations, encouragement is far oftener given to idleness... | |
 | Simon William Straus - Saving and investment - 1920 - 288 pages
...called by the Honorable James Savage, was held at which the following truthful sentiment was endorsed : It is not by the alms of the wealthy that the good of the lower classes can be generally promoted. By such donations encouragement is far oftener given to idleness... | |
 | Stephan Thernstrom - History - 1964 - 308 pages
...reached by rigidly individualistic means. Workmen could be "helped" only to help themselves. It was "not by the alms of the wealthy" that "the good of the lower classes" was to be promoted, declared the organizers of one of the earliest of American savings institutions;... | |
 | S. W. Straus - Business & Economics - 2005 - 269 pages
...truthful sentiment was endorsed: It is not by the alms of the wealthy that the good of the lower classes can be generally promoted. By such donations encouragement...benefactor to the poor who encourages them in habits of industrj, sobriety and frugality, On January i, 1818, a public meeting was held in Baltimore at which... | |
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It is not by the alms of the wealthy, that the good of the lower class can be generally promoted. By such donations, encouragement is far oftener given to idleness and hypocrisy, than aid to suffering worth. He is the most effective benefactor to the... 