THE DOCTOR'S IDEAS OF LUCK, CHANCE, ACCIDENT, FORTUNE AND
MISFORTUNE.—THE DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE'S DISTINCTION BETWEEN CHANCE AND
FORTUNE WHEREIN NO-MEANING IS MISTAKEN FOR MEANING.—AGREEMENT IN
OPINION BETWEEN THE PHILOSOPHER OF DONCASTER AND THE PHILOSOPHER OF
NORWICH.—DISTINCTION BETWEEN UNFORTUNATELY UGLY, AND WICKEDLY
UGLY.—DANGER OF PERSONAL CHARMS.
_Ἔστι γὰρ ὡς ἀληθῶς ἐπίφθεγμα τὸ αὐτόματον, ἀνθρώπων ὡς ἔτυχε καὶ
ἀλογίστως φρονούντων, καὶ τὸν μὲν λόγον αὐτῶν μὴ καταλαμβανόντων, διὰ
δὲ τὴν ἀσθένειαν τῆς καταλήψεως, αλόγως οἰομένων διατετάχθαι ταῦτα, ὧν
τὸν λόγον ἐιπεῖν ὀυκ ἔχουσιν._
CONSTANT. ORAT. AD SANCT. CÆT. C. VII.
“Deformity is either natural, voluntary, or adventitious, being either
caused by _God's unseen Providence_, (_by men nick-named, chance_,) or
by men's cruelty.”
FULLER'S HOLY STATE, B. iii. C. 15.