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"CIRCUMSTANCES made me what I am," said a condemned criminal to a benevolent man who visited him in prison.

From Friends and Neighbors by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

Memory of FACTS; recollection of CIRCUMSTANCES, NEWS, OCCURRENCES, and historical, scientific, and passing EVENTS; what has been SAID, SEEN, HEARD, and once KNOWN.

From The Illustrated Self-Instructor in Phrenology and Physiology by Fowler, L. N.