Excerpt from Modern Philanthropy: A Study of Efficient, Appealing and Giving In the exercise of the three gifts men are happy and other men rise up and call them blessed and famous or princely. So why indulge in so much talk about Charity and Philanthropy when givers themselves universally testify that the best using of one's own gifts is the greatest joy and best develop ment? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.