“Bartleby, in a singularly mild, firm voice, replied, ‘I would prefer not to.’”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891), “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” 1853
“Bartleby, in a singularly mild, firm voice, replied, ‘I would prefer not to.’”
—Herman Melville (1819–1891), “Bartleby, the Scrivener,” 1853