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In [[UnderTheThumbsOfTheGods Under the Thumbs of the Gods]] we learn that …
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{{story}}. . . the gods have very sharp ears for boasts, or for declarations of happiness and self-satisfaction, or for assertions of a firm intention to do this or that, or for statements that this or that must surely happen, or any other words hinting that a man is in the slightest control of his own destiny. And the gods are jealous, easily angered, perverse, and swift to thwart.{{endstory}}
