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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.
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.
Man, without religion, is the creature of circumstances.
Man, without religion, is the creature 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.
Men are the sport of circumstances, when
The circumstances seem the sport of men.
Men are the sport of circumstances, when
The circumstances seem the sport of men.
What the discordant harmony of circumstances would and could
effect.
[Lat., Quid velit et possit rerum concordia discors.]
What the discordant harmony of circumstances would and could
effect.
[Lat., Quid velit et possit rerum concordia discors.]
By some fortuitous concourse of atoms.
[Lat., Fortuito quodam concursu atomorum.]
By some fortuitous concourse of atoms.
[Lat., Fortuito quodam concursu atomorum.]
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.
The changeful change of circumstances.
[Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
The changeful change of circumstances.
[Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
