No conjunction can possibly occur, however fearful, however tremendous it may appear, from which a man by his own energy may not extricate himself, as a mariner by the rattling of his cannon can dissipate the impending waterspout.


Wit and Wisdom (ed. 1881)


No conjunction can possibly occur, however fearful, however tremendous it may appear, from which a man by his own energy may not extricate himself,...

No conjunction can possibly occur, however fearful, however tremendous it may appear, from which a man by his own energy may not extricate himself,...

No conjunction can possibly occur, however fearful, however tremendous it may appear, from which a man by his own energy may not extricate himself,...

No conjunction can possibly occur, however fearful, however tremendous it may appear, from which a man by his own energy may not extricate himself,...