This is a quote from a memoir by Dorothy Wordsworth, reflecting on a trip she took with two famous poets, her brother, William Wordsworth, and their similarly gifted companion, Samuel Taylor Coleridge. We sat upon a bench, placed for the sake of one of these views, whence we looked down upon the waterfall, and over the open country ... A lady and gentleman, more expeditious tourists than ourselves, came to the spot; they left us at the seat, and we found them again at another station above the Falls. Coleridge, who is always good-natured enough to enter into conversation with anybody whom he meets in his way, began to talk with the gentleman, who observed that it was a majestic waterfall. Coleridge was delighted with the accuracy of the epithet, particularly as he had been settling in his own mind the precise meaning of the words grand, majestic, sublime, etc., and had discussed the subject with William at some length the day before. “Yes, sir,” says Coleridge, “it is a maj...
Bill and Melinda have a reputation for philanthropy. So, I would expect they care little for what anyone thinks about it. This is neither defense nor justification. Just re-affirmation of what I have heard. WB also has, reputedly, philanthropic interests. I suppose most of us don't care what he does with his money either...unless he decides to throw some our way. Not keeping books for any of these folks, I have no way of knowing where their money goes. Maybe it is all a ruse.
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