There is no such thing as chance and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.

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There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny.

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Of all the possessions of this life fame is the noblest; when the body has sunk into the dust the great name still lives.

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Folly, thou conquerest, and I must yieldAgainst stupidity the very godsThemselves contend in vain. Exalted reason,Resplendent daughter of the head divine,Wise foundress of the system of the world,Guide of the stars, who are thou then, if thou,Bound to the tail of folly's uncurb'd steed,Must, vainly shrieking, with the drunken crowd,Eyes open, plunge down headlong in the abyss.

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Columbus

Steer, bold mariner, on! albeit witlings deride thee,
And the steersman drop idly his hand at the helm;
Ever, ever to westward! There must the coast be discovered,
If it but lie distinct, luminous lie in thy mind.

Trust to the God that leads thee, and follow the sea that is silent;
Did it not yet exist, now would it rise from the flood.
Nature with Genius stands united in league everlasting;
What is promised to one, surely the other performs.

poem by Schiller, translated by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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