Excerpt from Charity<br><br>Hope has been said to be the quality of youth, and faith of middle age.<br><br>Therefore, it ought to follow, that the old should cling to charity as the best antidote to avarice, their chief besetting sin. If, though, they have not in their youth been hopeful, and in their middle years imbued with faith, that is both in themselves, in Others, and in the world in which they live, charity is not for them in age. H Ope carries in itself something that impels Our admiration; faith our respect; but charity is like a mountain seedling-pine, spring ing up oft in barren places, rooted amongst the rocks and flourishing in the chilliest blasts of life, and in despite of fate.<br><br>Honour and virtue do not of necessity take with them charity; neither can base estate nor any adverse circumstance of life stifle it in the hearts of those, to whom it comes, just as the fire shines out from a black opal, almost with out their ken.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.