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“Allerton, Brewster, Bradford, Carver, Cooke, and Winslow, had possessed some means, while others had been bred to pursuits for which there was no demand in the Low Countries. Standish, bred to arms, apparently followed his profession nearly to the time of departure, and resumed it in the colony, adding thereto the calling which, in all times and all lands, had been held compatible in dignity with that of arms,—the pursuit”
― Azel Ames, The Mayflower Voyage & Its Aftermath – 4 Books in One Volume: The History of the Fateful Journey, the Ship's Log & the Lives of its Pilgrim Passengers Two Generations after the Landing