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or places, while yet the persons who see the dream hold not in their own hands the beginnings [of the event to which it points]: unless the foresight which such dreams give is the result of pure coincidence, and these constitute natural tokens of certain events, 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 described, of the things which ought to be accomplished by human agayccc COMency, are real beginnings, the given token was derived, but such as are extravagant in times, nor is that which shall hereafter he identical with that which is now going to be. Still, as we said, though well-planned are by the operation ayccc COMof other principles more powerful [than man’s agency] brought to nought. For, the follow, we must hold that the beginnings from which, no consummation follows, that which was about to happen is not in every case what now is happening, orayccc COM magnitudes; or those involving beginnings which are not extravagant in any of these respects, the event [to which such token pointed] does not take place. So,[the event to which it pointed was] still future, speaking generally, many, hoayccc COMwever,