Who does the best that circumstance allows,
Does well, acts nobly, angels could no more.

Who does the best that circumstance allows,
Does well, acts nobly, angels could no more.

The changeful change of circumstances.
[Lat., Varia sors rerum.]

The changeful change of circumstances.
[Lat., Varia sors rerum.]

This fearful concatenation of circumstances.

This fearful concatenation of circumstances.

So runs the round of life from hour to hour.

So runs the round of life from hour to hour.

I am the very slave of circumstance
And impulse--borne away with every breath.

I am the very slave of circumstance
And impulse--borne away with every breath.

It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.

It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.

Thus we see, too, in the world that some persons assimilate only
what is ugly and evil from the read more

Thus we see, too, in the world that some persons assimilate only
what is ugly and evil from the same moral circumstances which
supply good and beautiful results--the fragrance of celestial
flowers--to the daily life of others.

Circumstances alter cases.

Circumstances alter cases.

The long arm of coincidence.

The long arm of coincidence.