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Voices In Time

1875 | Amherst, MA

Fortune’s Expensive Smile

Emily Dickinson on what is earned.More

Voices In Time

1660 | Port-Royal des Champs

Fortune’s Child

An accidental king. More

Voices In Time

1852 | Indian Bar, CA

Chasing the Pot

Nature’s lottery scheme. More

Voices In Time

1814 | Arcueil

Hazards of Misfortune

The demon of chance. More

Voices In Time

c. 1846 | London

Stumbling Upward

Mark Twain tells a tale.More

Voices In Time

1793 | Philadelphia

Development Bank

Alexander Hamilton invents Powerball.More

Voices In Time

1609 | Stratford-Upon-Avon

Trading Places

“I scorn to change my state with kings.”More

Voices In Time

1536 | Basel

Predestination

John Calvin’s true doctrine. More

Voices In Time

1936 | Cambridge

Calculated Exuberance

Professional investment is a bore. More

Voices In Time

c. 85 | Shangyu

Natural Causes

“Reward and trust is good fortune, punishment and suspicion, bad.”More

Voices In Time

1761 | Coxwold

Heads or Tails

A man’s mind is torn asunder. More

Voices In Time

1851 | Frankfurt

Sea Changes

Schopenhauer considers misfortune. More

Voices In Time

1826 | Monticello

Venture Capital

Thomas Jefferson on the morality of chance. More

Voices In Time

1878 | Cambridge, MA

Known Unknown

The house always wins. More

Voices In Time

1983 | Ottawa, IL

Skill Is Not a Crime

“Everything that contains an element of luck is not gambling.”More

Voices In Time

c. 100 | Rome

Render Unto Caesar

Fortune is fickle for Caesar and Antony. More

Voices In Time

1732 | London

Pay to Play

A mark worth ten thousand pounds. More

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