Even though I pretty much made my own decisions early on, when I was younger I tended to overbook my life.
That a great battle must soon be fought no one could doubt; but, in the apparent and perhaps real absence of plan on the part of Lee, it was impossible to foretell the precise scene of the encounter.
Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society's tools, neither more nor less.