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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Enemies of Books by William Blades: was summoned, and at sight of the friars and their burden demanded
who they were, and why they had brought so many books with them.
`We are Minorites,' they humbly replied, `and we have brought
these few books with us as a solatium in the new Jerusalem.'
`And you, when on earth, practised the good they teach?'
sternly demanded the saint, who read their characters at a glance.
Their faltering reply was sufficient, and the blessed
saint at once passed judgment as follows:--`Insomuch as,
seduced by a foolish vanity, and against your vows of poverty,
you have amassed this multitude of books and thereby and therefor
have neglected the duties and broken the rules of your Order,
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