Often as it happened, when during the week I had been disappointed in not getting a cent from the very individuals from whom I most expected help, and when I was almost broken down and discouraged, that generous help has come from some one who I had had little idea would give at all.
Washington reflects on the unexpected generosity he sometimes received when he felt most discouraged.
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