Archer had always been inclined to think that chance and circumstance …

Edith Wharton
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Archer had always been inclined to think that chance and circumstance played a small part in shaping people's lots compared with their innate tendency to have things happen to them. ✨ Edith Wharton (2010). The Age of Innocence, p.101, Bibliolis Books
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Archer had always been inclined to think that chance and circumstance played a small part in shaping people's lots compared with their innate tendency to have things happen to them. ✨ Edith Wharton (2010). The Age of Innocence, p.101, Bibliolis Books

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