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His alms-giving, I have heard, was most exten- sive, covering almost the whole Archipelago. Clearly the rector was not what is called in these days an "earnest" man: he was fonder of church history than of divinity, and had much more insight into men's characters than interest in their opinions; he was neither laborious, nor obviously self-denying, nor very copious in alms-giving, and his theology, you perceive, was lax. |
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alms-giving - making voluntary contributions to aid the poor