Working in the Shade
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Where shall wefind anything that will deserve the name of unselfishness, if we weighpeople's actions too rigorously?" "Ah! You think me severe and uncharitable, Horace. But now, it justcomes to this. What do the Misses Wilder and their brother (for Isuppose we must take him into consideration too), really forsake or giveup in order to do good? I don't pretend to know the private affairs ofthe family generally, but certainly there are strong rumours afloat thatthe maxim, `Be just before you are ...generous, ' is not acted upon by theyoung people in their money concerns. I allowed just now that they aregood-natured, but good-nature is a very different thing fromunselfishness. What personal gratification do they surrender in orderto do good? What worldly pleasure or amusement do they deny themselves?What extravagance do they curtail?" "I can't say much for them in that respect, certainly, " replied theyoung man thoughtfully; "indeed, I must frankly confess that I haveheard more than once from the eldest Miss Wilder the expression of herhope and conviction that the united good deeds of the family would beaccepted, by the world at any rate, as a sort of atonement for folliesand excesses which clearly could not be justified in themselves.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Where shall wefind anything that will deserve the name of unselfishness, if we weighpeople's actions too rigorously?" "Ah! You think me severe and uncharitable, Horace. But now, it justcomes to this. What do the Misses Wilder and their brother (for Isuppose we must take him into consideration too), really forsake or giveup in order to do good? I don't pretend to know the private affairs ofthe family generally, but certainly there are strong rumours afloat thatthe maxim, `Be just before you are ...generous, ' is not acted upon by theyoung people in their money concerns. I allowed just now that they aregood-natured, but good-nature is a very different thing fromunselfishness. What personal gratification do they surrender in orderto do good? What worldly pleasure or amusement do they deny themselves?What extravagance do they curtail?" "I can't say much for them in that respect, certainly, " replied theyoung man thoughtfully; "indeed, I must frankly confess that I haveheard more than once from the eldest Miss Wilder the expression of herhope and conviction that the united good deeds of the family would beaccepted, by the world at any rate, as a sort of atonement for folliesand excesses which clearly could not be justified in themselves.
What to read after Working in the Shade?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Wilson Theodore P. to read onlineMoreLess
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