Chapter 14

RICHES AND CHARITY.

Helping the helpless--Dr. Donne--Rich people--Love of gold--Eagerness to be rich--Riches and poverty--Riches in old age--Riches no claim to distinction--Democrats and riches--Saladin the great--Don Jose de Salamanca--Compensations of poverty--Honest poverty--Poverty and happiness--Charity--Evils of money-giving--Philanthropy and charity--Rich people's wills--Stephen Girard--Thomas Guy--Educational charities--Peabody's benefaction--Benefactors of the poor--The Navvy's Home. Pages 286--314