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Some one expressed surprise to Eveillon, Canon and Archdeacon of Angers, that none of his rooms were carpeted. He answered, "When I enter my house in wintertime the floors do not tell me that they are cold; but the poor, who are trembling at my gate, tell me they want clothes."

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KJV: If I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or any poor without covering;

WEB: if I have seen any perish for want of clothing, or that the needy had no covering;