"Responsibility is a unique concept... You may share it with others, but your portion is not diminished. You may delegate it, but it is still with you... If responsibility is rightfully yours, no evasion, or ignorance or passing the blame can shift the burden to someone else. Unless you can point your finger at the man who is responsible when something goes wrong, then you have never had anyone really responsible.
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Herman Melville 1819-1891
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He was the bravest boy I ever met!
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The mighty whale is mine! Have you seen him?
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So very like a woman – so very unlike a whale.
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With fishbone ropes and bracelets they mock me; wearing my guard as an adversary.
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That root is to hit the hardest, you'd think it somewhat.
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Yes, this was the life; saving up pennies on the damp pavement, and then I'll ruin them with dry flour and grease.
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Oh, ye foolish! Throw all these thunderheads into the ocean – you are but a conservative man.
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Unbidden curses blasted him, and how, O Jane, Joan, you might have snatched back the eternity of general fancy. Now it was too late!
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And I only am escaped alone to tell thee!
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A hat without any crown!