Fortunately the greater part of the "Origin of Species" is devoted to proving the theory of descent with modification, by arguments against which no exception would have been taken by Mr. Darwin's three great precursors, except in so far as the variations whose accumulation results in specific difference are supposed to be fortuitous-and, to do Mr. Darwin justice, the fortuitousness, though always within hail, is kept as far as possible in the background.
"Luck or Cunning?"
Samuel Butler
To the western cynic there was a rich humour in the sheer fortuitousness of their meeting in the midst of a drowning multitude.
"Command"
William McFee
I did perhaps over-accentuate the extreme fortuitousness of my appearance....
"The Passionate Friends"
Herbert George Wells