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Studying their works, we are enabled to discern the tendencies and developments of a race, and to note the effects of civilization, character, vice, virtue, and of that sum of them all which we term fate.
The History of the United States from 1492 to 1910, Volume 1 From Discovery of America October 12, 1492 to Battle of Lexington April 19, 1775 Julian Hawthorne 1890
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Dark as my fate seems I sincerely believe that mercy ever triumphs over evil, and that a powerful hand controls what we call fate.
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After the first interview, a second was in the inevitable course of what we call fate.
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After the first interview, a second was in the inevitable course of what we call fate.
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Your obstinacy and your disobedience are what you call fate.
Frederick the Great and His Family Chapman Coleman 1843
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After the first interview, a second was in the inevitable course of what we call fate.
Mosses from an Old Manse and other stories Nathaniel Hawthorne 1834
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She isn't bothered because her early experiences of utter powerlessness taught her to give herself up to what she calls fate.
NYT > Opinion By LEONARD MLODINOW 2009
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Presidents show little interest in their party's performance in down-ballot races, let alone its long-term fate.
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Only then will executives decide the product's long-term fate.
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The chief executive has attacked European governments "for haggling over the spoils at the struggling aircraft maker" without having regard to its long-term fate.
Archive 2007-03-01 Helen 2007
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