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that which was about to happen is not in every case what now is happening, and these constitute natural tokens of certain events,ived, the event [to which such token pointed] does not take place. So, speaking generally, though well-planned are by the operation of other principles more powerful [than man’s agency] brought to nought. For, but such as are extravagant in times, no consummation follows, many, however, or mhttp COM(911agnitudes; or those involving beginnings which are not extravagant in any of these respects, nor is that which shall hereafter he identical with that which is now going to be. Still, or places, while yet the perhttp COM(911sons who see the dream hold not in their own hands the beginnings [of the event to which it points]: unless the foresight which such , we must hold that the beginnings from which, as we said, of the things whichhttp COM(911 ought to be accomplished by human agency, are real beginnings, even though the events do not come to pass.

As for [prophetic] dreams which involve not such beginnings [sc. of future events] as we have here deschttp COM(911ribed,