Name: The Doings of Raffles Haw — Chapter VIII
Author: Arthur Conan Doyle

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Arthur Conan Doyle, The Doings of Raffles Haw — Chapter VIII (1892)

“ Cold seemed to shoot to his inmost soul as it flashed upon him that this was a prelude to a confession of impending bankruptcy, and that all this glorious life, all the excitement and the colour and change, were about to vanish into thin air.
"No millionaire!" he stammered.
"No, Robert; I am a billionaire—perhaps the only one in the world. That is what is on my mind, and why I am unhappy sometimes. I feel that I should spend this money—that I should put it in circulation—and yet it is so hard to do it without failing to do good—without doing positive harm. I feel my responsibility deeply. ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, The Doings of Raffles Haw — Chapter VIII (1892)

“ I have not been singled out to wield this immense power simply in order that I might lead a happy life. I can never believe that. Now, can you not use your imagination, Robert, and devise methods by which a man who has command of—well, let us say, for argument's sake, boundless wealth, could benefit mankind by it, without taking away any one's independence or in any way doing harm? ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, The Doings of Raffles Haw — Chapter VIII (1892)

“ Those are one or two of the more obvious canals which might knit the human race into a closer whole."
"Your plans are certainly stupendous," said Robert, uncertain whether to laugh or to be awe-struck. "You will cease to be a man, and become one of the great forces of Nature, altering, moulding, and improving." ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, The Doings of Raffles Haw — Chapter VIII (1892)

“ Then, having collected them together, let him employ them, under fitting superintendence, upon some colossal piece of work which would last for many years, and perhaps be of permanent value to humanity. Give them a good rate of pay, and let their hours of labour be reasonable, and those of recreation be pleasant. Might you not benefit them and benefit humanity at one stroke? ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, The Doings of Raffles Haw — Chapter VIII (1892)

“ A pipe at distances of a yard would suffice for every purpose."
"I am afraid," suggested Robert, "that the water which left the Isle of Man warm might lose a little of its virtue before it reached Caithness, for example."
"There need not be any difficulty there. Every few miles a furnace might be arranged to keep up the temperature. These are a few of my plans for the future, Robert, and I shall want the co-operation of disinterested men like yourself in all of them. But how brightly the sun shines, and how sweet the countryside looks! ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, The Doings of Raffles Haw — Chapter VIII (1892)

“ I don't think there is much room for expansion in that direction."
"Well, really you have done your share, and more than your share. I would settle down to lead a happy life, and think no more of the matter." ”

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Arthur Conan Doyle, The Doings of Raffles Haw — Chapter VIII (1892)

“ We must not allow our sympathies to be insular, must we? Our little charities should be cosmopolitan. We will try and give the good people of Archangel a better outlet for their furs and their tallow. ”

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