But privation and famine clung to them in such a way that both curses of Ezra were fulfilled in us: The one, being the curse already mentioned; the other one, being the general curse which alarms all schoolteachers that they will never become rich, lest they should cease from their labour."
Privation and famine persisted so closely that both curses foretold by Ezra came to pass: one, previously stated; the other, the widespread curse that deters teachers from prosperity and work cessation."