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    The grim, mouldy life of the sloth

    Jan 12, 2022 2 minutes
    SISTER TERESA

    We are now into January, and I have been thinking of a New Year’s resolution concerning sloth.

    It is not a pretty vice. At worst, and when carried to extremes, it causes a huge amount of trouble to other people. I found inspiration

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