Man is the creature of circumstances.

Man is the creature of circumstances.

The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.

The happy combination of fortuitous circumstances.

By some fortuitous concourse of atoms.
[Lat., Fortuito quodam concursu atomorum.]

By some fortuitous concourse of atoms.
[Lat., Fortuito quodam concursu atomorum.]

Circumstances beyond my individual control.

Circumstances beyond my individual control.

The massive gates of circumstance
Are turned upon the smallest hinge,
And thus some seeming pettiest chance
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The massive gates of circumstance
Are turned upon the smallest hinge,
And thus some seeming pettiest chance
Oft gives our life its after-tinge.
The trifles of our daily lives,
The common things, scarce worth recall,
Whereof no visible trace survives,
These are the mainsprings after all.

And grasps the skirts of happy chance,
And breasts the blows of circumstance.

And grasps the skirts of happy chance,
And breasts the blows of circumstance.

Circumstances alter cases.

Circumstances alter cases.

This fearful concatenation of circumstances.

This fearful concatenation of circumstances.

Sir, my circumstances,
Being so near the truth as I will make them,
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Sir, my circumstances,
Being so near the truth as I will make them,
Must first induce you to believe; whose strength
I will confirm with oath, which I doubt not
You'll give me leave to spare when you shall find
You need it not.