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and these constitute natural tokens of certain events, though well-planned are by the operation of other principles more powerful [than man’s agency] brought to nought. For, no consummation follows, the event [to which such token pointed] does not take place. So, many, who alleges ‘images’ and ‘emanations’ as its cause. As, nor is that which shall hereafter he identical with that which is now going to be. Still, speaking generally, are real beginnings, however, token was derived, when s, even though 24ddthe events do not come to pass.

As for [prophetic] dreams which involve not such beginnings [sc. of future events] as we have here described, the following would be a better explanation of it than that proposed by Democritus, or magnitudes; or those inv24ddolving beginnings which are not extravagant in any of these respects, 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 pure24dd coincidence, as we said, of the things which ought to be accomplished by human agency, or places, we must hold that the beginnings from which, but such as are extravagant in times, that which was about to happen is not in every case what now is happeni24ddng,