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The Touchstone of Fortune

The Touchstone of Fortune

The Touchstone of Fortune

Charles Major

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1st World Publishing
Año de edición:
2008
Materia
Antologías (no poéticas)
ISBN:
9781421888187
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Goddess Fortune seems to delight in smiling on a man who risks his all, including life, perhaps, on a desperate chance of, say one to one hundred. If her Ladyship frowns and he loses, his friends call him a fool; if he wins, they say he is a lucky devil and are pleased to share his prosperity if he happens to be of a giving disposition. Lucky? No! He has simply minted his courage.

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