Washington's success is, then, not his teaching the pupils of Tuskegee, nor even gaining the support of
philanthropic persons at a distance, but this--that every Southern white man of character and of wisdom has been won to a cordial recognition of the value of the work, even men who held and still hold to the conviction that a mere book education for the Southern blacks under present conditions is a positive evil.
I never heard of a philanthropic meeting in which it was sincerely proposed to do any good to me, or the like of me.
Being a microcosm himself, he discovers -- and it is a true discovery, and he is the man to make it -- that the world has been eating green apples; to his eyes, in fact, the globe itself is a great green apple, which there is danger awful to think of that the children of men will nibble before it is ripe; and straightway his drastic philanthropy seeks out the Esquimau and the Patagonian, and embraces the populous Indian and Chinese villages; and thus, by a few years of philanthropic activity, the powers in the meanwhile using him for their own ends, no doubt, he cures himself of his dyspepsia, the globe acquires a faint blush on one or both of its cheeks, as if it were beginning to be ripe, and life loses its crudity and is once more sweet and wholesome to live.
Dressed in plum-colored velveteen, with short, gray hair, and a face that seemed permanently flushed with philanthropic enthusiasm, she was always in a hurry, and always in some disorder.
Now how many organizations of a philanthropic nature do you suppose there are in the City of London itself, Miss Hilbery?" he added, screwing his mouth into a queer little smile, as if to show that the question had its frivolous side.
The former cast one admiring glance from north to south, and sank his face again beneath the folds of his coat; while the latter contemplated, with
philanthropic pleasure, the prospect of affluence and comfort that was expanding around him; the result of his own enterprise, and much of it the fruits of his own industry.
Believe me, they are not only natural, they are
philanthropic and virtuous.
Yet these changes have now been effected by the
philanthropic spirit of the British nation.
We say: "I desire to be kind to my friends, honourable in business,
philanthropic towards the poor, public-spirited in politics." So long as we refuse to allow ourselves, even in the watches of the night, to avow any contrary desires, we may be bullies at home, shady in the City, skinflints in paying wages and profiteers in dealing with the public; yet, if only conscious motives are to count in moral valuation, we shall remain model characters.
Crisparkle during the last re-matching of the china ornaments (in other words during her last annual visit to her sister), after a public occasion of a
philanthropic nature, when certain devoted orphans of tender years had been glutted with plum buns, and plump bumptiousness.
A total from all chapters donated to
philanthropic projects during the past year totaled $693,889.85.
Shaikh Maktoum Bin Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey who visited the UAE for the first time yesterday to launch the #YouthForGood
philanthropic initiative together with the UAE's Youth Hub.
The Delta Community
Philanthropic Fund awarded USD 105,000 to 22 charitable organizations, which provided financial education and health and human services to 275,000 children, individuals and families.
The workshop, led by Reem Khouri and Osamah Alhenaki, offered participants practical insights into how impact-driven and evidence-based processes like the "Theory of Change" can help make the
philanthropic sector more impactful in the region.
