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St Basil the Great, tr. Lowther Clarke, 1925
Rule 156: Ought He Who is Entrusted with the Care of the Cellar or Other Place to Have…
If he keeps his knowledge of good order and the accurate observance of the rule, then it is superfluous to make a change, or rather it is fraught with serious difficulty. But it is necessary for him to have an associate who must gradually be taught his duties, lest when there is need of a successor we be disturbed finding ourselves at a loss for lack of one, and be compelled as often happens to introduce a man who is unfit; in such cases it happens necessarily owing to his inexperience that strict discipline is corrupted and proper order relaxed.