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whether they are able to do it; this is not charity.
I remember a circumstance of this sort, which Sir William Thomson told my father with tears in his eyes, and it is so affecting, that I shall never forget it.
Story of Sir William Thomson.
When Sir William was in the plantation abroad, one of his friends told him he had an indentured servant, whom he had just bought, that was his countryman, and a lusty fellow; but he is so idle, says he, that I cannot get him to work. Aye, says Sir William, let me see him. Accordingly they walked out together, and found the man sitting on a heap of stones. Upon this, Sir William, after inquiring about his country, asked why he did not go out
