It seems to be the first duty of a historian to investigate the causes of great revolutions; for an event which happens at any other, but its due season, is a miracle : we should consider it as a wonder, if the sun should rise one second before, or after its appointed hour; or if any one were to accomplish, in his childhood, what is expected of him in his ripe age.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "It seems to be the first duty of a historian to investigate the causes of great revolutions; for an event which happens at any other, but its due season, is a miracle : we should consider it as a wonder, if the sun should rise one second before, or after its appointed hour; or if any one were to accomplish, in his childhood, what is expected of him in his ripe age." in the context of "The Life of Mohammad: From Original Sources https://archive.org/details/lifemohammadfro00aloygoog/page/n10/mode/2up" to mean that wisdom is timeless.