"The hospitals [of England] are full of the ancient ... the almshouses are filled with old laborers. Many there are who get their living with bearing burdens; but more are fain to burden the land with their whole bodies. Neither come these straits upon men always through intemperance, ill-husbandry, indiscretion, etc.; but even the most wise, sober, and discreet men go often to the wall when they have done their best. ... The rent-taker lives on sweet morsels, but the rent-payer eats a dry crust often with watery eyes."
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Alexander Young, Chronicles of the Pilgrim Fathers (1841), ch. 16, p. 247
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