I owe Jo for a part of my education , and she believes in people 's paying their honest debts , so I 'll get round her in that way . '' `` How delightful it is to be able to help others , is n't it ? That was always one of my dreams , to have the power of giving freely , and thanks to you , the dream has come true . '' `` Ah , we 'll do quantities of good , wo n't we ? There 's one sort of poverty that I particularly like to help . Out-and-out beggars get taken care of , but poor gentle folks fare badly , because they wo n't ask , and people do n't dare to offer charity . Yet there are a thousand ways of helping them , if one only knows how to do it so delicately that it does not offend . I must say , I like to serve a decayed gentleman better than a blarnerying beggar . I suppose it 's wrong , but I do , though it is harder . '' `` Because it takes a gentleman to do it , '' added the other member of the domestic admiration society . `` Thank you , I 'm afraid I do n't deserve that pretty compliment . But I was going to say that while I was dawdling about abroad , I saw a good many talented young fellows making all sorts of sacrifices , and enduring real hardships , that they might realize their dreams . Splendid fellows , some of them , working like heros , poor and friendless , but so full of courage , patience , and ambition that I was ashamed of myself , and longed to give them a right good lift . Those are people whom it 's a satisfaction to help , for if they 've got genius , it 's an honor to be allowed to serve them , and not let it be lost or delayed for want of fuel to keep the pot boiling . If they have n't , it 's a pleasure to comfort the poor souls , and keep them from despair when they find it out . '' `` Yes , indeed , and there 's another class who ca n't ask , and who suffer in silence . I know something of it , for I belonged to it before you made a princess of me , as the king does the beggarmaid in the old story . Ambitious girls have a hard time , Laurie , and often have to see youth , health , and precious opportunities go by , just for want of a little help at the right minute . People have been very kind to me , and whenever I see girls struggling along , as we used to do , I want to put out my hand and help them , as I was helped . '' `` And so you shall , like an angel as you are ! ''
cried XXXXX , resolving , with a glow of philanthropic zeal , to found and endow an institution for the express benefit of young women with artistic tendencies .
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