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86:1.4 Early man lived in [[uncertainty]] and in constant [[fear]] of [[chance]]—bad luck. Life was an exciting [[game]] of [[chance]]; [[existence]] was a gamble. It is no [[wonder]] that partially civilized people still believe in [[chance]] and evince lingering predispositions to [[gambling]]. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN Primitive man] alternated between two potent interests: the [[passion]] of getting something for nothing and the [[fear]] of getting nothing for something. And this [[gamble]] of [[existence]] was the main interest and the supreme fascination of the early savage [[mind]].

86:1.4 Early man lived in [[uncertainty]] and in constant [[fear]] of [[chance]]—bad luck. Life was an exciting [[game]] of [[chance]]; [[existence]] was a gamble. It is no [[wonder]] that partially civilized people still believe in [[chance]] and evince lingering predispositions to [[gambling]]. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN Primitive man] alternated between two potent interests: the [[passion]] of getting something for nothing and the [[fear]] of getting nothing for something. And this [[gamble]] of [[existence]] was the main interest and the supreme fascination of the early savage [[mind]].

86:1.5 The later [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherds herders] held the same views of [[chance]] and luck, while the still later [[agriculturists]] were increasingly [[conscious]] that crops were immediately [[influenced]] by many things over which man had little or no [[control]]. The [[farmer]] found himself the victim of drought, floods, hail, storms, pests, and [[plant]] [[diseases]], as well as heat and cold. And as all of these [[natural]] [[influences]] affected [[individual]] [[prosperity]], they were regarded as good luck or bad luck.

86:1.5 The later [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepherds herders] held the same views of [[chance]] and luck, while the still later [[agriculturists]] were increasingly [[conscious]] that crops were immediately [[influenced]] by many things over which man had little or no [[control]]. The [[farmer]] found himself the victim of drought, floods, hail, storms, pests, and [[plant]] [[diseases]], as well as heat and cold. And as all of these [[natural]] [[influences]] affected [[individual]] [[prosperity]], they were regarded as good luck or bad luck.

86:1.6 This notion of [[chance]] and [[luck]] strongly pervaded the [[philosophy]] of all [[ancient]] peoples. Even in recent times in the [[Wisdom of Solomon]] it is said: "I returned and saw that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither bread to the [[wise]], nor riches to men of [[understanding]], nor [[favor]] to men of [[skill]]; but [[fate]] and [[chance]] befall them all. For man knows not his [[fate]]; as fishes are taken in an evil net, and as birds are caught in a snare, so are the sons of men snared in an [[evil]] time when it falls suddenly upon them."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ecclesiastes#Chapter._9]

86:1.6 This notion of [[chance]] and [[luck]] strongly pervaded the [[philosophy]] of all [[ancient]] peoples. Even in recent times in the [[Wisdom of Solomon]] it is said: "I returned and saw that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither bread to the [[wise]], nor riches to men of [[understanding]], nor [[favor]] to men of [[skill]]; but [[fate]] and [[chance]] befall them all. For man knows not his [[fate]]; as fishes are taken in an evil net, and as birds are caught in a snare, so are the sons of men snared in an [[evil]] time when it falls suddenly upon them."[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Book_of_Ecclesiastes#Chapter._9]