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ALEXANDER AND HANNIBAL. 211Hannibal without acknowledging that, with equal capacity,equal determination to control circumstances, <strong>the</strong> former hadfortune uniformly in his favor, <strong>the</strong> latter misfortune as constantlystaring- him in <strong>the</strong> face. If a skillful general wins<strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong>'s March <strong>from</strong> Peliura toThebes.because he is opposed by crass stupidity, must it not be setdown to good luck that he did not happen to be matched bytd^lent equal to his own ? It is in this sense that <strong>Alex<strong>and</strong>er</strong>'sluck is referred to, <strong>and</strong> in such a sense only can luck be said

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