Robert Hunter (author) Quote

Thrift and foresight are among the chief teachings of all missionaries to the poor and the present day world has little sympathy for any parent—whether a Harold Skimpole, a Mrs. Jellyby, a Jean Jacques Rousseau, or a Leo Tolstoy—who for any cause whatsoever feels that he should give no thought for the morrow and that his children may live like the fowls of the air.


also see Charles Dickens, Bleak House - Why We Fail as Christians (1919)


Thrift and foresight are among the chief teachings of all missionaries to the poor and the present day world has little sympathy for any...

Thrift and foresight are among the chief teachings of all missionaries to the poor and the present day world has little sympathy for any...

Thrift and foresight are among the chief teachings of all missionaries to the poor and the present day world has little sympathy for any...

Thrift and foresight are among the chief teachings of all missionaries to the poor and the present day world has little sympathy for any...