"What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven."

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"What you are, you are by accident of birth; what I am, I am by myself. There are and will be a thousand princes; there is only one Beethoven."

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"I stop and look at traffic accidents. I won't hang around, but when I hear something is terrible, as bad as it is, I've gotta look at it."

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"There is no such thing as chance; and what seem to us merest accident springs from the deepest source of destiny."

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"Illinois then had no legislation providing compensation for accident or disease caused by occupation."

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