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  • He that would be content with a mean condition must not cast his eye upon one that is in a far better estate than himself, but let him look upon him that is lower than he is, and, if he see that such a one bears poverty comfortably, it will help to quiet him.

    Anne Bradstreet, Jeannine Hensley (1967). “The Works of Anne Bradstreet”, p.285, Harvard University Press