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There has never lived a people worth writing about who have not shaped out a destiny for themselves, or carved out their own opportunity.
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The quote says that every people remembered as significant has helped shape its own future. “Carved out their own opportunity” presents progress as something they actively create, not something they simply wait to receive. It emphasizes collective effort and self-direction, rather than claiming that destiny is entirely given from outside.
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- Internet Archive, Ethiopia Unbound (1911)
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