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| Introduction | 1 | |
| Pt. I | Why Should I Give? | |
| 1 | Genesis 4, The Offering of Cain | 13 |
| 2 | Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics: "Generosity, Extravagance, and Stinginess" | 15 |
| 3 | Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America: Freedom and Utility | 21 |
| 4 | George Eliot, Romola: "An Arresting Voice" | 34 |
| 5 | O. Henry, "Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen" | 42 |
| 6 | C. S. Lewis, "Charity" | 47 |
| 7 | P. G. Wodehouse, "Jeeves Takes Charge" | 57 |
| 8 | William F. May, "The Prayers of Thanksgiving" | 75 |
| 9 | Barry Schwartz, "The Social Psychology of the Gift" | 77 |
| 10 | Clifford Orwin, "Princess Diana and Mother Teresa: Compassion and Christian Charity" | 88 |
| 11 | Elizabeth M. Lynn and D. Susan Wisely, "Toward a Fourth Philanthropic Response: American Philanthropy and Its Public" | 102 |
| Pt. II | How Should I Give? | |
| 1 | Matthew 25:1-46, Three Parables | 115 |
| 2 | Homer, The Odyssey: The Meeting of Nausikaa and Odysseus | 119 |
| 3 | Moses Maimonides, Laws Concerning Gifts to the Poor: "The Book of Seeds" | 125 |
| 4 | Sarah Orne Jewett, "The Spur of the Moment" | 127 |
| 5 | Isaac Peretz, "Motl Prince" | 135 |
| 6 | Jane Addams, "Charitable Effort" | 140 |
| 7 | O. Henry, "The Chair of Philanthromathematics" | 155 |
| 8 | Edith Wharton, "The Rembrandt" | 161 |
| 9 | Rudyard Kipling, "The Record of Badalia Herodsfoot" | 174 |
| 10 | Sylvia Warner, "A Work of Art" | 191 |
| 11 | John Reed, "Another Case of Ingratitude" | 197 |
| 12 | Gwendolyn Brooks, "The Lovers of the Poor" | 200 |
| Pt. III | To Whom or for What Should I Give? | |
| 1 | Genesis 25:19-34; 27-28:9, Parents and Children: The Case of Jacob and Esau | 207 |
| 2 | Matthew 25:14-30, The Parable of the Talents | 213 |
| 3 | William Shakespeare, Timon of Athens, Act I, Scene I | 215 |
| 4 | William H. McGuffey, "True and False Philanthropy" | 227 |
| 5 | Andrew Carnegie, "The Gospel of Wealth" | 230 |
| 6 | Henri Barbusse, "The Eleventh" | 245 |
| 7 | Stephen Leacock, "Mr. Plumter, B.A., Revisits the Old Shop" | 249 |
| 8 | Stephen Crane, "The Men in the Storm" | 261 |
| 9 | Leon R. Kass, "Charity and the Confines of Compassion" | 267 |
| Pt. IV | What Should I Give? | |
| 1 | Luke 15:11-32, The Parable of the Prodigal Son | 283 |
| 2 | Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America: "Appendix U," The Pioneer Woman | 285 |
| 3 | Sholom Aleichem, "Epilogue: Reb Yozifl and the Contractor" | 289 |
| 4 | Rabindranath Tagore, "Gift" | 295 |
| 5 | O. Henry, "The Gift of the Magi" | 298 |
| 6 | Robert Frost, "The Death of the Hired Man" | 303 |
| 7 | Dorothy Parker, "Song of the Shirt, 1941" | 308 |
| 8 | John O'Hara, "Memorial Fund" | 315 |
| 9 | Eudora Welty, "Lily Daw and the Three Ladies" | 319 |
| 10 | Lewis Hyde, "Some Food We Could Not Eat" | 328 |
| 11 | Mitch Albom Tuesdays with Morrie: "The Eighth Tuesday: We Talk About Money" | 336 |
| Pt. V | Can Giving Be Taught? | |
| 1 | Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics: "Moral Virtue as the Result of Habits" | 345 |
| 2 | Benjamin Franklin, The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin: Practice Makes Perfect? | 348 |
| 3 | Woodrow Wilson, "Princeton for the Nation's Service" | 356 |
| 4 | Pierre Mac Orlan, "The Philanthropist" | 369 |
| 5 | Kenneth E. Kirk, Worship, Humility and Service | 372 |
| 6 | Stephen Vincent Benet, "The Bishop's Beggar" | 378 |
| 7 | Edward Holmes, "Town Office" | 395 |
| 8 | His Holiness the XIV Dalai Lama, "Giving and Receiving: A Practical Way of Directing Love and Compassion" | 399 |
| 9 | Elizabeth M. Lynn and D. Susan Wisely, "Only Reflect: A Philanthropic Education for Our Time" | 409 |
| Acknowledgments | 416 | |
| Author and Subject Index | 419 |
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Clinton Ehret
reviewed The Perfect Gift: The Philanthropic Imagination in Poetry and Prose on July 26, 2007
The Perfect Gift: The Philanthropic Imagination in Poetry and Prose
A nice collection of translated short stories from Cuba. Twelve focus on Havana and ten more on the rest of the island. The highlights for me were Ponte, Josefine de Diego, and Padura.
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