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Posted on June 19, 2019January 19, 2020

Charity – The Gift of Giving

In 1910 Wallace D. Wattles wrote; 

“The poor do not need charity; they need inspiration. Charity only sends them a loaf of bread to keep them alive in their wretchedness, or gives them an entertainment to make them forget for an hour or two.”

I wonder if Mr Wattles foresaw the big business charity have become? And what did he mean by inspiration?

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