Both Uses of
beneficent
in
The Idiot
- Publicity is a noble, beneficent, and universal right.†
Chpt 2.8 *
- Well, let me tell you that if I hate anyone here—I hate you all," he cried, in a hoarse, strained voice—"but you, you, with your jesuitical soul, your soul of sickly sweetness, idiot, beneficent millionaire—I hate you worse than anything or anyone on earth!†
Chpt 2.10
Definition:
doing or producing good -- especially generous in assistance to the poor