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Post by firecat on Oct 22, 2015 22:29:05 GMT -5
In that Sir Thomas Browne quote, "I am the happiest man alive..." at the end it reads, "...Fortune hath not one place to hit me." What does that mean exactly?
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Post by needsomeair on Feb 5, 2016 13:21:42 GMT -5
To my mind, maybe I am wrong, "...Fortune hath not one place to hit me" means that Sir Browne's life was completely under his control, that he was in power to control his destiny without relying on chance or luck. I suppose that this line is also connected with the previous mentioning of Archilles (it is an allusion, bthw) who had one place on his body, namely a heel, through which he could be killed. That is why "...Fortune hath not one place...".
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