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 upon others. But it is logical, as Francis always was. There can be no evangelical poverty with possessions, and yet man must keep body and soul together; hence mendicancy is the only resource of the real lovers of my Lady Poverty. This sentiment recalls the famous saying of St Francis in the Fifth of his "Collationes Monasticæ": "There is a compact between the World and my Brothers. They owe it a good example, and the World in return must provide them with all necessities. But if the