The Voluntary Labour Colonies of the Continent and the English Colonies of the Salvation Army type rest rightly on a private basis, for their work is avowedly philanthropic and moral, and the men for whom they exist come and go at will.
The working men's Hostels, on the other hand, while fulfilling the same purpose as the Relief Stations, are carried on by philanthropic societies, generally with public help from various sources.
In towns there always exists some philanthropic society which is ready to take the case in hand; in the country the helping hand is often that of the clergyman, Roman Catholic or Protestant, as the case may be.
The possibilities of the philanthropic Labour Colonies of the Continental pattern, to be conducted by Boards of Guardians, have impressed many Poor Law reformers who have begun to occupy themselves with the tramp.
Even if their visible success were far less than it is, the Labour Colonies and Depots established by philanthropic agencies are deserving of the highest praise.
The Unitarian body has been remarkable for the women of intellectual power and philanthropic achievement who have adorned its fellowship.
A notable exception was the McLean Asylum at Somerville, which had been built as the result of that same philanthropic spirit that had led the Unitarians to establish the many charities already mentioned in these pages.
This may be seen in the wide-reaching philanthropic interests of Dr.
It was such experiences as these that encouraged Unitarian women to enter upon other philanthropic and educational labors when the civil war had come to an end.
The special aims of the paper were "to awaken a deeper religious interest in all the great philanthropic and benevolent enterprises of the day.
In Geneva there happened to be a meeting of the Peace Congress, which then had merely philanthropic aims, and was attended by members of the most diverse classes of society and most different nations.
Not that the wise impresario was moved in this affair by any merephilanthropic desire to benefit a favourite pupil.
And Will and Florian, it must be candidly allowed, fell in with a good grace with her philanthropic projects.
He undertook what was essentially a charitable or philanthropic movement, which was set on foot too late.
Charitable refuges or philanthropic common lodging-houses, usually established in districts where this class already congregate, only aggravate the difficulty.
The philanthropic nature of the poor-law is indicated by its antecedents: once enacted, its bounties became a right; its philanthropy disappeared in a quasi-legal claim.
She threw herself ardently into its philanthropic movements, and especially into that for the reform of the hospitals.
He contributed to the many charitable and philanthropic works with which he was concerned not only much money, but also--what in so rich a man was far more meritorious--an extraordinary amount of time and patient supervision.
It is thus that Mentor prepares his scholar to mould and manipulate, doubtless with the most philanthropic intentions, the people of Ithaca, and, to confirm him in these ideas, he gives him the example of Salentum.
No, they are too moderate and too philanthropic for that.
So far from being able to oppress the people, or to plunder their property, even for a philanthropic end, its mission is to protect the people, and to secure to them the possession of their property.
In this noble and philanthropic thought his associates all concurred, and there, while at the haystack, consecrated themselves in solemn prayer, to the great work.
Buxton, of Cleveland, a descendent of the English Buxtons, of philanthropic memory.
He had often in the commercial town heard intelligent and philanthropic people discuss the question of the slave-trade, and offer all manner of palliations for it.
Brother Weidmann told me long since that you were to be initiated before engaging in this philanthropic struggle.
Shortly after this Mr. Stearns returned to Boston for a brief visit, and was met in the street by a philanthropic lady, Mrs. E.
Why then should the Prussian government have interfered with Doctor Howe, after he had completed hisphilanthropic mission to the Polish refugees?
The philanthropic scheme of the Marquis of Northampton in favour of 'our county poet' was destined not to be realized.
A noble soul, yet altogether unfit for this ignoble world,' he said to Mr. Gilchrist, issuing his circulars for anotherphilanthropic campaign.
Matthew Allen, of Fair Mead House, into whose asylum Clare had been taken, was among the first reformers who adopted the mild system of treatment for the insane, both on medical and philanthropic grounds.
Robespierre was to have been appointed president of this tribunal, but he declined the office, on account of his philanthropic principles!
Howe was a very different sort of man--a man of the highest cultivation and of wide experience, who had devoted his whole life to philanthropic efforts.
Having by his untiring energy and perseverance, and by his strict habits of economy come into possession of a considerable amount of property, he devoted the latter part of his life to philanthropic and benevolent purposes.
They all subsequently exhibited deep moral and religious purpose, and were foremost in philanthropic action.
It must have been a great trial to that kind-hearted monarch to have all his philanthropic plans thus upset, and he made Gordon promise that he would, if spared, go to the Congo when the Soudan was settled.
He was an early riser and a hard worker, and as he hardly ever went into society, and did not go in for games, he found time to engage in all kinds of religious and philanthropic work, in addition to his other duties.
Do you, sir, by any chance, happen to be that philanthropic individual?
By the grace of the philanthropic Ignatz, Don Juan slept under Leber's warehouse and ate in his kitchen.
In fact, he would have dispensed with it without much regret, for he was sometimes pressed to contribute to charities by his philanthropic friend.
Has it anything to do with what you are pleased to term a philanthropic object?
Denham, after being saved by the Ramsgate lifeboat, had made up his mind to turn his wealth to good account, and, in his philanthropic plans, had resolved to look with special favour on the Lifeboat Institution.
In his poems Leopardi appears the most romantic and philanthropic of men.
It would be idle to pretend that the British people already entertained any definite conception of a tutelary relationship towards the peoples of India, or were animated by purely philanthropicsolicitude for the moral welfare of India.
Religious and philanthropic works led some of its members to associate with evangelical churchmen and others.
His strong and many-sided nature enabled him to meet Penn in his large philanthropic schemes, and to sympathise with Barclay in his scholarly labours.
Almost alone of the religionists of her time she translated her devotion into philanthropic exertion.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "philanthropic" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
