Sentence:  [I]f he leaves the School poſſeſs'd of a <WSD>ſluggiſh</WSD> 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". 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Habitually idle and lazy; slothful; dull; inactive