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But such exclamations as this, ‘the young man ought
not to be taken off so abruptly in the vigor of his years,’
are very frivolous, and proceed from a great weakness of
mind; for who is it that can say what a thing ought to be?
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But things have been, are, and will be done, which somebody or other will say ought not to be done. But we do
not come into this life to be dogmatical and prescribe to it;
but we must obey the dictates of the Gods who govern the
world, and submit to the establishments of Fate and
Providence.
Plutarch. Plutarch's Morals. Translated from the Greek by several hands. Corrected and revised by. William W. Goodwin, PH. D. Boston. Little, Brown, and Company. Cambridge. Press Of John Wilson and son. 1874. 1.
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