Ambassidor shoud take gifts when traveling to a city but this scroll shows that . This is, it seems to me, an intelligent custom; the host, giving first, and knowing what he can afford to give, sets the limit to the giving; the guest then makes certain that his gifts are less than those of the host; the host, in giving more, wins honor as a host; the guest, in giving less, does the host honor.
- Abraham Jacobson (abrahamjacobs2)
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