Word: truthfulness
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...poor are not a class, they are a thousand classes; hitherto people have failed to recognize this and as a result have been deluded by the idea that the real work of charity was to give alms, to furnish work, or to improve the homes of the poor. The truth is that the almsgiver only reaches people who will beg, the employer only those who want work, and the furnisher of homes only those who want homes. But if we are to work in any one direction we can perhaps do most good by improving tenements and making the surroundings...
...regard to the recent charges of mismanagement, Professor Ames stated that the directors recognized a good deal of truth in them. The matter is, however, only temporary; the superintendent will in future devote more time to the society's business; the contract with him is extremely vague as regards the time to be spent for the society, and recognizes the fact that Mr. Waterman is not expected to spend even one half of his time for the Co-operative's interests. The remuneration is nothing unless the business is successful. The charge that Mr. Waterman has taken away from...