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XVII
HOW AVARICE CALLED IN THE AID OF SLOTH
But Avarice, seeing that
she could not, unaided,
attain her ends upon my Disciples,
changed her plan, that
she might better fulfil her
Purpose. So she called in
Sloth, who neglects to begin
good Works, or to finish those
begun. And Avarice made a
Treaty with Sloth, and en-
