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those things which not only may, but must come to pass. What would your complaints? You may struggle with a Yoke which Heaven hath impos'd; but not be able to shake it off.
By our complaints we hope in vain
To frustrate what the Gods ordain.
To frustrate what the Gods ordain.
There is no other evasion of Necessity, than to will that which it self will compell. That excellent wise Man said excellently; thou mayst be unconquerable if thou never enter into such a combat, wherein it is impossible for thee to overcome. And such is the conflict with Necessity, which whosoever undertakes, falls under it, and which is the greater wonder, he falls even before the fight.
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