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Show , · JUEllTY D};J,L. 14{) Tilt, L , b began to . l to be 1'1Ch for the wts l the rich man w 0 50 fixed in the habit . od becomes sake of domg go ' 1 tl at he forgets the ob- . ftcr his dol ar, h of looktng a b ned rrho nmbitious 1 . l it was to e cat . jcct for w uc 1 . do 50 many fino things l was intcndmg to man, w 10 b Mayor or Govcrnot't . ld only get to o ,f he cou lh"ng but tho pleasant tho way every I forgets on Still, rich men and . t of being elected. exctlcmen . do kind things occasionally, . . nen hkc to ambttious I . b 1 keep their brothers by and etop, soroetnucs, to o p rule good turn. some 1 •bat we most want of men b ·1 , however, " Un •PP' l' ood lives. Not that they ood turns but g is not g . 11 b a favor, but tbat should help us occaswnn y y everybody, all the time, by a they should help I b t . . I do not care so muci t a noble way of hvmg. . I favors should . bbor sboul<l do me spccm ' my nmg I d me his garden k me little presents, or en ma o me about raising a new bouse or tools, or help d these things, or he may barn, for I may not nee t These bave some more important employmen . A~l I i'!IY BUOTUEll'S KE}:PER? 147 things nro very well ; but my chief object of desire is, that I should know him to be a wise and good and noble man, who will benefit me and my household, and pUI·ify the whole moral atmosphere of the neighborhood by living in it; n man whom I can cnU on in case of need moreover, and who may confer on mo benefits such as I should not have known how to ask for. These are the right persons to live among; these are their brothers' keepers. V cry poor persons, very sick persons, very wicked persons, n.s needing most to be kept, illustrate this all tho more. I have known very poor persons, but I never knew a. family so poor that they did not seem to value a word of sympathy without a dollar to accompany it, more than the dollar without tho word. Sick persons sometimes acknowledge that the kindness and cordiality of the physician do them more good than his medicines. And criminals, who will only be provoked by offers of employment and encouragement from stern per- |