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Show FATE There Is iio such thing as Fate. Kate is the alibi of the careless and the excuse of the Inefficient. Kate and I.uck are the weak conclusions conclu-sions drawn by the unprepared. Napoleon never ntiributisl his de- feat at Waterloo to Kate. He said that the victory was lost with liluecher, I w hom he had neglected. I - Kate did not defeat the great adventurer adven-turer in Russia. General Ice and General Gen-eral Snow had been overlooked. Kate Is the consort of carelessness and Inefficiency. Kate is the twin brother to Chance. Kate's sisters are Poor Luck and L'nluck. Kools tread where wise men fear to follow, and when fools fall they call It Fate. Kate Is an excuse for folly and fast living. Good fortune does not walk with Kate, for good fortune is the outcome of careful planning aud lncessnnt energy. en-ergy. The convicted man says his conviction convic-tion was Kate; that Fate was against hira Kate had nothing to do with It He had neglected the law of averages. Ue moved contrary to 100 million people. He had opposed public opinion. opin-ion. He could not afford to make one mistake. The detectives and the police po-lice made a thousand and yet they caught him. He erred, and afterwards called It Kate. Kate has nothing In common with facts. Fate is the enemy of mathematics mathe-matics and all exact science. Fate is the outcome of the omission of a factor in a calculation and never the act of God or man. Kate Is a weak word not down In the (11(.onary of We Business. Moreover Fate is a broken crutch nnd never a valid excuse.-Krom Star of Hope. King .Slug Penitentiary. |