PAGE\*MERGEFORMAT5WeekFourTheFollyofDiscontentwithOne’sOwnLot·JosephAddisonItisacelebratedthoughtofSocrates,thatifallthemisfortunesofmankindwerecastintoapublicstock,inordertobeequallydistributedamongthewholespecies,thosewhonowthinkthemselvesthemostunhappy,wouldpreferthesharetheyarealreadypossessedof,beforethatwhichwouldfalltothembysuchadivision.Horacehascarriedthisthoughtagreatdealfartherinthemottoofmypaper,whichimplies,thatthehardshipsormisfortuneswelieunder,areeasiertousthanthoseofanyotherpersonwouldbe,incasewecouldchangeconditionswithhim.AsIwasruminatingonthesetworemarks,andseatedinmyelbow-chair,Iinsensiblyfellasleep;when,onasudden,methoughttherewasaproclamationmadebyJupiter,thateverymortalshouldbringinhisgrievesandcalamities,andthrownthemtogetherinaheap.Therewasalargeplainappointedforthispurpose.Itookmystandinthecenterofit,andsaw,withagreatdealofpleasure,thewholehumanspeciesmarchingoneafteranother,andthrowingdowntheirseveralloads,whichimmediatelygrewupintoaprodigiousmountain,thatseemedtoriseabovetheclouds.Therewasacertainladyofathin,airyshape,whowasveryactiveinthissolemnity.Shecarriedamagnifyingglassinoneofherhands,andwasclothedinaloose,flowingrobe,embroideredwithseveralfiguresoffiendsandspecters,thatdiscoveredthemselvesinathousandchimericalshapesashergarmenthoveredinthewind.Therewassomethingwildanddistractedinherlooks.HernamewasFancy.Sheledupeverymortaltotheappointedplace,afterhavingofficiouslyassistedhiminmakinguphispack,andlayingituponhisshoulders.Myheartmeltedwithinmetoseemyfellow-creaturesgroaningundertheirrespectiveburdens,andtoconsiderthatprodigiousbulkofhumancalamitieswhichlaybeforeme.Therewere,however,severalpersonswhogavemegreatdiversionuponthisoccasion.Iobservedonebringinginafardel,verycarefullyconcealedunderanoldembroideredcloak,which,uponhisthrowingitintotheheap,Idiscoveredtobepoverty.Another,afteragreatdealofpuffing,threwdownhisluggage,which,uponexamining,Ifoundtobehiswife.Thereweremultitudesofloverssaddledwithverywhimsicalburdens,