Squire Allworthy
A kind and benevolent landowner, Tom Jones's benefactor.
Core Belief
"Kindness, justice, and religious virtue are the most important principles in life. Everyone deserves compassion, but vice must be discouraged."
Worldview
Allworthy sees the world as a place where goodness and virtue are constantly under threat from vice and folly. He believes it is his duty to promote the former and to combat the latter, guided by reason and by the principles of Christianity.
Personality
Mr Allworthy is the epitome of benevolence and wisdom. He is a man of great moral integrity, guided by reason, compassion, and a strong sense of justice. He is generous to a fault and often struggles to reconcile his kindness with the need for discipline.
In Their Own Words
"“It hath been my constant maxim in life to make the best of all matters which happen.”"
"“I have always thought love the only foundation of happiness in a married state, as it can only produce that high and tender friendship which should always be the cement of this union.”"
"“The heinous nature of this offence must be sufficiently apparent to every Christian, inasmuch as it is committed in defiance of the laws of our religion, and of the express commands of Him who founded that religion.”"
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