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As Fortune's wheel turns up or down, man himself contributes to its movements. Without ambition, for instance, the poor youth would remain hopelessly immured in the miserable monotonous existence of the slum where he happens to be born.
-- Notebooks Category 9: From Birth to Rebirth > Chapter 4 : Free Will, Responsibility, and The World-Idea > # 91