“They that on glorious ancestors enlarge,
Produce their debt instead of their discharge.”
Edward Young (1683–1765) English poet
Satire I, l. 147.
Love of Fame (1725-1728)
“I have written this book to discharge a debt.”
Source: Christianity and the Social Crisis (1907), Introduction, p.xv
Context: I have written this book to discharge a debt. For eleven years I was pastor among the working people on the West Side of New York City.... I have never ceased to feel that I owe help to the plain people who were my friends. If this book in some far-off way helps to ease the pressure that bears them down and increases the forces that bear them up, I shall meet the Master of my life with better confidence.
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