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SERENDIPITY AND (IN)VOLUNTARY POVERTY

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Serendipity: [coined by Horace Walpole, from the Persian fairytale The Three Princes of Serendip]

1. The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident.

Voluntary: [from Lat. voluntārius, from voluntās will, from velle, to wish]

1. Performed, undertaken, or brought about by free choice, willingly.

2. Serving or acting in a specified function of one’s own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration.

3. Arising from natural impulse.

Poverty: [from Old French poverté, from Lat. paupertās restricted means, from pauper poor]

1. The condition of being without adequate food, money, etc.

2. Scarcity or dearth.

3. A lack of elements conducive to fertility in land or soil.

Collins English Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 6th Edition 2003.

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