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Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.
Alphonse de Lamartine
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Chance often gives us that which we should not have presumed to ask.
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Utopias are often just premature truths.
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He, who can create, abhors destruction.
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