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The word "chance" is used  10 times in one paragraph to describe Napoleon's rise to power and

...his ideal of greatness and glory, which to all of them seems something beautiful and reasonable.

I used a playing card (for obvious reasons) but am not sure why I used the birds! or the fly paper from billboards in New York City! -- Lola

Lola Baltzell
from page 651-652, volume 2 of original text
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made 11/4/11
Pevear/Volokhonsky translation page 1134-1135