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True charity is spontaneous and finds its own occasion it is never the offspring of importunity, nor of emulation.

Hosea Ballou

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Hosea Ballou
Age: 81 †
Born: 1771
Born: April 30
Died: 1852
Died: June 6
Author
Theologian
Writer
Richmond
New Hampshire
Finds
Occasions
Charity
True
Importunity
Never
Emulation
Offspring
Occasion
Spontaneous

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