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The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.
To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and
convenience of our lives.
To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and
convenience of our lives.
Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms.
Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms.
So runs the round of life from hour to hour.
So runs the round of life from hour to hour.
Circumstances alter cases.
Circumstances alter cases.
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.
Man is the creature of circumstances.
Man is the creature of circumstances.
For these attacks do not contribute to make us frail but rather
show us to be what we are.
For these attacks do not contribute to make us frail but rather
show us to be what we are.
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.
