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therewith_o we_o be_v here_o even_o as_o in_o a_o vessel_n who_o motion_n carry_v we_o whither_o it_o please_v nevertheless_o every_o one_o of_o we_o have_v one_o peculiar_a to_o ourselves_o that_o be_v to_o say_v every_o man_n have_v his_o design_n and_o his_o proper_a conduct_n and_o yet_o such_o as_o fortune_n have_v not_o condemn_v to_o a_o retire_a life_n for_o to_o extinguish_v the_o lustre_n of_o their_o part_n ought_v not_o to_o despair_v of_o their_o erterprise_n when_o they_o understand_v the_o nature_n of_o this_o fabulous_a deity_n to_o who_o man_n attribute_v the_o absolute_a command_n over_o general_n and_o particular_a affair_n for_o my_o part_n i_o look_v upon_o she_o as_o void_a of_o all_o divinity_n as_o i_o esteem_v she_o destitute_a of_o all_o power_n and_o although_o this_o proposition_n seem_v paradoxical_a it_o will_v be_v no_o difficult_a matter_n for_o i_o to_o prove_v it_o to_o be_v most_o conformable_a to_o reason_n for_o the_o understanding_n of_o which_o 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first_o manil._n fata_fw-la regunt_fw-la orbem_fw-la cert_fw-la â_fw-la stant_fw-la omne_fw-la lege_fw-la manil._n which_o first_o be_v absolute_o determine_v i_o conclude_v there_o be_v nothing_o in_o the_o world_n fortuitous_a or_o casual_a see_v all_o thing_n that_o be_v bring_v to_o pass_v proceed_v from_o a_o necessary_a and_o determine_a cause_n upon_o this_o account_n let_v we_o accuse_v our_o own_o weakness_n which_o be_v not_o able_a to_o comprehend_v the_o cause_n of_o event_n do_v term_v they_o accidental_a or_o casual_a with_o this_o pretext_n the_o great_a wit_n have_v endeavour_v to_o excuse_v their_o error_n and_o the_o most_o renown_a captain_n to_o comfort_v themselves_o for_o the_o loss_n of_o their_o battle_n for_o the_o historian_n describe_v the_o advantage_n of_o the_o ground_n of_o which_o they_o have_v make_v choice_n the_o exquisite_a order_n of_o their_o army_n their_o retrenchment_n their_o body_n of_o reserve_n and_o all_o the_o other_o circumstance_n which_o denote_v the_o experience_n of_o brave_a commander_n then_o have_v speak_v of_o their_o famous_a exploit_n with_o astonishment_n at_o last_o do_v accuse_v malicious_a fortune_n for_o their_o unhappy_a success_n which_o humane_a wisdom_n know_v not_o how_o to_o prevent_v but_o les_fw-fr we_o rather_o say_v that_o our_o knowledge_n be_v limit_v that_o our_o sight_n be_v very_o dim_a in_o the_o discovery_n of_o future_a thing_n that_o certain_a bound_n be_v prescribe_v to_o our_o wisdom_n which_o it_o can_v never_o pass_v and_o as_o that_o have_v its_o natural_a imperfection_n so_o the_o affair_n of_o the_o world_n have_v their_o ordinary_a revolution_n i_o do_v not_o intend_v by_o show_v that_o the_o event_n of_o thing_n be_v not_o accidental_a to_o render_v they_o so_o necessary_a that_o we_o shall_v banish_v prudence_n from_o the_o management_n of_o our_o concern_v for_o i_o shall_v conclude_v absurd_o if_o i_o shall_v affirm_v that_o we_o ought_v with_o duli_fw-la patience_n 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infallible_a man_n i_o know_v there_o be_v never_o any_o such_o and_o if_o i_o have_v such_o a_o thought_n i_o shall_v myself_o be_v guilty_a of_o that_o error_n from_o which_o i_o endeavour_v to_o keep_v other_o it_o be_v sufficient_a to_o represent_v one_o not_o of_o the_o weak_a who_o by_o his_o own_o experience_n can_v give_v we_o some_o precept_n whereby_o to_o serm_v the_o happiness_n of_o our_o life_n without_o depend_v absolute_o on_o the_o capriciousness_n of_o that_o fortune_n to_o who_o the_o wise_a man_n will_v never_o owe_v any_o thing_n chap._n ii_o that_o person_n of_o quality_n ought_v to_o seek_v their_o fortune_n at_o court_n every_o man_n hunt_v after_o honour_n and_o wealth_n these_o be_v the_o two_o grand_a wheel_n upon_o which_o the_o whole_a world_n be_v move_v these_o be_v the_o two_o spring_n of_o our_o disquiet_n these_o be_v the_o two_o ignes_fw-la fatui_fw-la which_o lead_v we_o so_o often_o out_o of_o our_o way_n we_o propound_v to_o ourselves_o this_o 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