Question

Let a man know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal. Or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy, or an interloper, in the world which exists for him. What does this passage mean?

Answer 1

This is the original quote.

"Let a man then know his worth, and keep things under his feet. Let him not peep or steal, or skulk up and down with the air of a charity-boy, a b a s t a r d, or an interloper."
Emerson, Ralph Waldo

Emerson was urging people to be honest and real.