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1 Men are also gained over by liberality, especially 2 such as have not the means to buy what is necessary to sustain 3 life. However, to give aid to every poor man is far beyond the 4 power and the advantage of any private person. For the riches of 5 any private person are wholly inadequate to meet such a call. 6 Again, an individual man's resources of character are too limited 7 for him to be able to make all men his friends. Hence providing 8 for the poor is a duty, which falls on the State as a whole, and 9 has regard only to the general advantage. 10 11