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The chance which happily directed men in this one case, misdirected them in a thousand cases.
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Walter Bagehot
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gutenberg.orgWalter Bagehot: “The chance which happily directed men in this one case, misdirected them in a thousand cases.”
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Bagehot reflects on the dual nature of chance, where it can lead to both beneficial and detrimental outcomes.
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