He is always becoming, and if it were not for the contingency of death, he would never end.
[A] power equal to every possible contingency must exist somewhere in the government . . .
Freedom is the recognition of contingency.
To anticipate & prevent disasterous contingencies would be the part of wisdom & patriotism.
It seems to me that everything that happens to us is a disconcerting mix of choice and contingency.
We have contingency plans for war, but none for peace.
That's all teaching is; arranging contingencies which bring changes in behavior.