2078. When this spirit had been examined, it was said that he could not be bent around toward any goodness, thus that it was his inborn nature to do this. This must first be rooted out, and to root it out would be a long job, for it is a subtle poison that he finds very sweet; so he is unable to desist. It consisted in behaving deceptively under the guise of another person's pleasantness, which he had so to speak appropriated to himself. 1748, 25 May.