{"id":20368,"date":"2025-10-16T07:08:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T14:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20368"},"modified":"2025-09-28T11:20:33","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T18:20:33","slug":"disgrace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?p=20368","title":{"rendered":"Disgrace"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3858.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" data-attachment-id=\"20292\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/simonburrow.com\/?attachment_id=20292\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3858.jpeg?fit=1125%2C1500&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1125,1500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.78&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 15 Pro Max&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1752933769&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;6.7649998656528&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;64&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00059488399762046&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG_3858\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3858.jpeg?fit=700%2C933&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3858.jpeg?resize=700%2C933&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20292\" style=\"width:518px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3858.jpeg?resize=768%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3858.jpeg?resize=225%2C300&amp;ssl=1 225w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/simonburrow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3858.jpeg?w=1125&amp;ssl=1 1125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cA person who dies rich dies disgraced.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Andrew Carnegie<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carnegie was an early advocate of charity by the rich. The US leads the world in charitable giving. Both by our wealthiest and by everyone else. I have never read an explanation of why this is the case but I give thanks every time I come to a town with a Carnegie Library. <br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The flower photo was taken somewhere in the US this summer. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA person who dies rich dies disgraced.\u201d Andrew Carnegie Carnegie was an early advocate of charity by the rich. The US leads the world in charitable giving. Both by our wealthiest and by everyone else. 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