Mark Twain on donating to neo-neocon
I probably won’t keep this donation request up too much longer. I may not bump it up on Election Day, for example—too much else going on. Then after that I’ll probably put it up for just a few more days, and then I’ll quit bugging you for a while.
We are all creatures of impulse. It’s a great mistake to get everybody ready to give money and then not pass the hat. Some years ago in Hartford we all went to the church on a hot, sweltering night, to hear the annual report of Mr. Hawley, a city missionary, who went around finding the people who needed help and didn’t want to ask for it. He told of the life in the cellars where poverty resided, he gave instances of the heroism and devotion of the poor. The poor are always good to each other. When a man with millions gives we make a great deal of noise. It’s noise in the wrong place. For it’s the widow’s mite that counts. Well, Hawley worked me up to a great state. I couldn’t wait for him to get through. I had four hundred dollars in my pocket. I wanted to give that and borrow more to give. You could see greenbacks in every eye. But he didn’t pass the plate, and it grew hotter and we grew sleepier. My enthusiasm went down, down, down – $100 at a time, till finally when the plate came round I stole 10 cents out of it. So you see a neglect like that may lead to crime.
– speech January 20, 1901. Quoted in The New York Times, January 21, 1901
So, I wouldn’t want to fail to meet your expectations and not pass the hat.
But I want to say again how much I appreciate all your contributions, no matter how small. If every reader donated just five or ten dollars, I’d have a nice sum. Of course, hefty amounts are extremely welcome, too. But every single dollar helps me continue to write this blog, and I am grateful.
So thank you in advance. Just use the donate button on the right sidebar, and don’t forget to click through the neo-neocon portal to Amazon when you order your holiday gifts.
It is a pleasure to support one of the truly essential online commentaries.
Small, but a pleasure.
If you read and do not comment, or if you are a regular reader and regularly comment, you are a slacker if you do not contribute, You know who you are. Just click on the donate link and give what you can give, Contribute to this tiny island of sanity.
I was thinking about donating until I read your Victor Davis Hanson and the non-Trumpers. I have to say, you’ve really lost it, Neo.
@parker – agree.
Neo, please email an address where I can send you financial support.
snopercod,
Your Breitbart overlords appreciate your allegiance. 😉
Everyone else, donate. For me this blog is a place where I feel that I learn many things, and for the most part find the comments (even those I disagree with) thoughtful and worth my attention. I am amazed by the research, effort, and thoughtfulness neo puts into her posts. Support this blog.
What parker said. I don’t know of any other blog like this anywhere one for thoughtfulness, research, intelligence, care, civility and the occasional injection of inspiration or sheer fun. Even those who may disagree from time to time with our hostess should do what they can to help if they find themselves coming back, even if it’s only to disagree some more. I did what I could and will do more when I can. Please keep asking, Neo.
Cripes. I meant, of course, “I don’t know of any blog like this one anywhere for thoughtfulness . . . “
Dang, I keep forgetting to use your Amazon link! Sorry. For as much as I buy from Amazon, you could have been rich by now!
I’m cash-poor, and will remain so until I sell my home. It’s been an educational year for me, as I’ve been a hospital inpatient three times and extremely poor for several months. I’ve survived.
Not the same as my tithing, but it’s best to encourage those who do good and what is right.
Susanamantha Says:
November 5th, 2016 at 11:08 pm
Just replace your amazon link with the link from hers. That way you never navigate to the plain one, unless you just google it.