By William Baxter, Gent.
Does Fortune rule the affairs of men? 475. What influence could
it have in the affairs of Aristides, Scipio, Alexander, and men
like them? 475. Are there not such things as wisdom, justice,
moderation, and fortitude? 476. And are not these qualities of
supreme importance? 477. Were it not for our reason, we should be far
inferior to the brutes, 478. What place has Fortune in the affairs of
carpenters, artists, and painters? 479. If reason and good counsel
are of service in the mechanic arts, why not in affairs of state? 480.