Heracles and the Waggoner

A waggoner (so says the old fable) let his cart get stuck in the mud, and without even trying to give it a push he called on Hercules to set it going again. Hercules refused, and Sir Roger L’Estrange reflected that we should not expect God to prosper the work of those who make no effort at all.

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