F.M. The Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr.
------ and declines to interfere in circumstances over which read more

F.M. The Duke of Wellington presents his compliments to Mr.
------ and declines to interfere in circumstances over which he
has no control.

Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances.

Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances.

Odd instances of strange coincidence.

Odd instances of strange 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.

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.

Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.

Thus neither the praise nor the blame is our own.

Circumstances beyond my individual control.

Circumstances beyond my individual control.

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

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

Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms.

Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms.