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How comes it to pass, if they be only moved by chance and
accident, that such regular mutations and read more
How comes it to pass, if they be only moved by chance and
accident, that such regular mutations and generations should be
begotten by a fortuitous concourse of atoms.
So runs the round of life from hour to hour.
So runs the round of life from hour to hour.
Condition, circumstance, is not the thing;
Bliss is the same in subject or in king.
Condition, circumstance, is not the thing;
Bliss is the same in subject or in king.
Circumstances alter cases.
Circumstances alter cases.
The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good
to others.
[Lat., Aliena nobis, nostra read more
The circumstances of others seem good to us, while ours seem good
to others.
[Lat., Aliena nobis, nostra plus aliis placent.]
It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.
It is circumstances (difficulties) which show what men are.
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.
Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms.
Accidental and fortuitous concourse of atoms.
The long arm of coincidence.
The long arm of coincidence.
