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Bartleby the scrivener i prefer not to5/22/2023 He would have remained in this blessed frame of mind, had not the frequent visits of his professional colleagues and their uncharitable remarks about the strange creature, Bartleby, obtruded upon him. He rather indulged in the philosophical meandering that it was his fate, or the will of the mysterious providence, etc. and felt like killing him, but he remembered one commandment of the Bible, "A new commandment give I unto you that ye love one another." and refrained from doing any violence. W asked him in an angry mood whether he would quit or not, and answered, “I would prefer not to quit you.” The author was. He had not even touched the money left on the table. The next morning the author went to his chamber, with the expectation that Bartleby had departed, but found Bartleby there.
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