Please explain the gammer in the below sentence from the book "Divine Institute" by Lactantius.

No one favours virtue but he who is able to follow it; but it is not easy for all to follow it: they can do so whom poverty and want have exercised, and made capable of virtue.

I don't understand the meaning of "whom" here in the last sentence.

Question

Please explain the gammer in the below sentence from the book "Divine Institute" by Lactantius.

No one favours virtue but he who is able to follow it; but it is not easy for all to follow it: they can do so whom poverty and want have exercised, and made capable of virtue.

I don't understand the meaning of "whom" here in the last sentence.

Answer

In plainer English: Only those who have experienced poverty and want are made capable of virtue.

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