How admirably he touches the point when he asks, “Should I not thenceforward be considered as a dependant?” According to our Scripture the gift blinds the eyes; according to Washington it makes the receiver a dependant.
Sumner quotes a rhetorical question that underscores the dependency created by accepting gifts, linking it to biblical wisdom.
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