Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, bein…

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Being 'contented' ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.
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