"Whoso would be a man must also be a nonconformist." Emerson's nonconformity takes the shape of when he looks at the giving of charity even though it does not fix the inequality that created the inequality in the first place. He calls the dollars he gives "wicked," though he has, in times of weakness, given these dollars anyway. I would like to add that while charity does not fix the situation that created the need in the first place, it...
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