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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Kenilworth by Walter Scott: they had exchanged salutations--"he is recovering."
"My son," replied the astrologer, "let me remind you I warranted
not his death; nor is there any prognostication that can be
derived from the heavenly bodies, their aspects and their
conjunctions, which is not liable to be controlled by the will of
Heaven. ASTRA REGUNT HOMINES, SED REGIT ASTRA DEUS."
"Of what avail, then, is your mystery?" inquired the Earl.
"Of much, my son," replied the old man, "since it can show the
natural and probable course of events, although that course moves
in subordination to an Higher Power. Thus, in reviewing the
horoscope which your Lordship subjected to my skill, you will
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