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Joseph Williams Wealth In Botswana
Joseph Williams was the most affluent man in Botswana; however, he was an arrant misanthrope that despised people. Although he was exceedingly wealthy, he did not donate a single penny to the indigent people of Botswana, because he believed that they were very picayune and paltry. In other words, he believed that the impoverished people of Botswana were insignificant. Mr. Williams even had the effrontery or nerve to use his wealth to enhance his raiment, and also purchase expensive and quite refulgent jewelry. He spent his money to on things to physically embellish himself because he was not completely saturated with the way he expressed his wealth. It was irrefutable that he didn’t have sympathy for those who have a paucity of resources.

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