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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from The Mansion by Henry van Dyke: honestly say that
there is not one of my charities that has not brought me in a
good return,
either in the increase of influence, the building up of credit,
or the association with substantial people. Of course you have
to
be careful how you give, in order to secure the best results--no
indiscriminate giving--no pennies in beggars' hats! It has been
one of my principles always to use the same kind of judgment in
charities
that I use in my other affairs, and they have not disappointed
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