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He bade me observe it, and I should always find, that the calamities of life were shared among the upper and lower part of mankind; but that the middle station had the fewest disasters.
Source: Robinson Crusoe, Pt. I.
-- Daniel Defoe, (Apr 26 1660-1731), English author; He is best known for Robinson Crusoe, 1719, based on adventures of Alexander Selkirk.