Charity Quote by Anna Brownell Jameson

“I have much more confidence in the charity which begins in the home and diverges into a large humanity, than in the world-wide philanthropy which begins at the outside of our horizon to converge into egotism.” quote by Anna Brownell Jameson — Download Open image

“I have much more confidence in the charity which begins in the home and diverges into a large humanity, than in the world-wide philanthropy which begins at the outside of our horizon to converge into egotism.”

Anna Brownell Jameson

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