On the other hand, in matters of simple almsgiving, where there can be no question of social contact, and in the succor of the aged and sick, the South, as if stirred by a feeling of its unfortunate limitations, is generous to a fault.
He discusses the South's paradoxical generosity in almsgiving while maintaining strict social boundaries.
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