Odd instances of strange coincidence.

Odd instances of strange coincidence.

Man is not the creature of circumstances,
Circumstances are the creatures of men.

Man is not the creature of circumstances,
Circumstances are the creatures of men.

The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.

The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.

This fearful concatenation of circumstances.

This fearful concatenation of circumstances.

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.

So runs the round of life from hour to hour.

So runs the round of life from hour to hour.

The long arm of coincidence.

The long arm of coincidence.

And circumstance, that unspiritual god,
And miscreator, makes and helps along
Our coming evils, with a critch-like read more

And circumstance, that unspiritual god,
And miscreator, makes and helps along
Our coming evils, with a critch-like rod,
Whose touch turns hope to dust--the dust we all have trod.

Circumstances beyond my individual control.

Circumstances beyond my individual control.