“ An altruistic act is an act performed for the welfare of others. ”
Jack London, The Sea-Wolf (1904). copy citation
| Author | Jack London |
|---|---|
| Source | The Sea-Wolf |
| Topic | welfare acts |
| Date | 1904 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/1074/1074-h/1074-h.htm |
Context
“I answered unsurprised by this time at such gaps in his vocabulary, which, like his knowledge, was the acquirement of a self-read, self-educated man, whom no one had directed in his studies, and who had thought much and talked little or not at all. “An altruistic act is an act performed for the welfare of others. It is unselfish, as opposed to an act performed for self, which is selfish.”
He nodded his head. “Oh, yes, I remember it now. I ran across it in Spencer.”
“Spencer!” I cried. “Have you read him?”
“Not very much,””
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