Note 3 — Chapter VII
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Sir Thomas Halifax had not a high reputation for liberality. During a severe winter, when requested to join his neighbours in a subscription for the poor, and told that “he who giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord,” he replied, “He did not lend on such slight security”; and it is curious, that, when he afterwards applied to a rich neighbour for assistance, a similar reply, couched in similar language, was given to his application.