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Mr. Witt! When I have the impertinence to climb into your pulpit to deliver a sermon, then you can tell me my duty.

— Chard  ·  Zulu

A miniature red lectern topped with a brass bugle and a wooden ruler, with red cloth hanging behind.
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The speaker rejects advice about duty by proposing a reversed intrusion: taking over Mr. Witt's pulpit to give a sermon. The comparison makes the criticism sound presumptuous. It asks each person to respect a boundary around the other's responsibilities.

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