I think the narrator believes that the men he is talking about lacked vision to anticipate future problems and courageously deal with the consequences ie they did not actively or proactively deal with life but on the contrary allowed themselves to be victims of circumstance. Re the word "I" I think he means that they did not realize the power they had to change the course of events.
<span>Concrete is to data as theory is to hypothesis is the best answer</span>
What sentence? If you mean the question, then yes, I guess so, but whatever comes after that is not...
Look! The dog is playing with the little girl
*The first passage shows Antigone as a rebel, and the second passage shows Boadicea as a warrior.
The first passage uses the word "defy" as an obvious connotation that Antigone is doing something rebellious. Meanwhile, Boadicea is "encouraging them with her brave words." The whole second passage shows her as warrior.
