He would not have given the same amount to a poor young man, but we must not forget that a poor young man could not, in the nature of things, have appealed to him like a poor young girl.
Femininity affected his feelings.

He was the creature of an inborn desire.

Yet no beggar could have caught his eye and said, "My God, mister, I'm starving," but he would gladly have handed out what was considered the proper portion to give beggars and thought no more about it.

There would have been no speculation, no philosophising.

He had no mental process in him worthy the dignity of either of those terms.