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Thomas Carlyle Quotes: Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.
         

Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance.


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