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Acharya Shri Kailassagarsuri Gyanmandir
boarding-homes; to start schools, to give scholarships to deserving students ; to encourage competitions; to give prizes and rewards; to publish sacred books and to help the needy. Oliver Goldsmith was a great English poet and doctor and he used to treat patients. One day, a lady took him to her house to give treatment to her husband who was ill.
The poet did not take much time to realise that his isl ness was the result of his mental worry caused by his poverty.
Saying that he would send a packet of medicine immediately and that the medicine would surely cure his illness he went home.
Accordingly, the poet sent a packet to the lady and when she opened it she saw ten sovereigns in it. The very sight of the sovereigns cured her husband of his illness. The husband and wife felt extremely grateful to the poet.
Gol dsmith was extremely generous. He gave away to the needy whatever he had with him without caring for his necessity. Goldsmith's only luxury was his charity.
Asimilar incident took place in the life of Hazrat Ali. One day Hazrat Ali was delivering a discourse in a masjid. All of a sudden, a stranger came there and
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