(For from my youth he was brought up with me, as with a father, and I have guided him from my mother's womb;)
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Julian of Eclanum
AD 455
“If I have withheld anything that the poor desired.” In order that it might not appear that by humanely treating his servants, he did not practice a real liberality but only took care of his property, he says that he tended the hand of mercy and benevolence to strangers as well. In a different sense, one who does not wait to satisfy the desire of the needy donates without the slightest hesitation. “Or if I have caused the eyes of the widow to fail.” The caring affection of the merciful offers everything, because he thinks that everything must be asked of him.
