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Again, it is a trait in the Liberal man's character even to

exceed very much in giving so as to leave too little for himself,

it being characteristic of such an one not to have a thought of

self.

Now Liberality is a term of relation to a man's means, for the

Liberal-ness depends not on the amount of what is given but on

the moral state of the giver which gives in proportion to his

means. There is then no reason why he should not be the more

Liberal man who gives the less amount, if he has less to give out

of.

Again, they are thought to be more Liberal who have inherited,

not acquired for themselves, their means; because, in the first

place, they have never experienced want, and next, all people

love most their own works, just as parents do and poets.