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    Fortuitous circumstances constitute the moulds that shape the majority of human lives, and the hasty impress of an accident is too often regarded as the relentless decree of all ordaining fate.
    Augusta Evans (1835–1909)

    Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart’s sanctuary.
    —Augusta Evans (1835–1909)