[I]f he leaves the School poſſeſs'd of a ſluggiſh indolent Diſpoſition, and of Learning rather forc'd upon him than choſen, it is probable he will forget what he brought thence; but if he be active, emulous and aſpiring, he will certainly find Time for Reading and Thinking; for tho' it be a homely, it is a true Saying, that where there is a Will, there is a Way.

And the sluggish land slumbers in utter neglect.

We float upon a sluggish stream,
We ride no rapids mad,
While life is all a tempered dream
And every joy half sad.

[T]he stock of capital is necessarily a sluggish time series, while output is capable of making wide swings in short intervals[.]

Matter, being impotent, sluggish, and inactive, hath no power to stir or move itself.

Inflation has been rising despite sluggish economy.

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