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To: Lane3 who wrote (16402)	6/11/2001 12:00:12 PM
From: Greg or e	Respond to of 82486

I think it was very fitting for TM. It saddens me that you weren't sour on it prior to his usage. It doesn't surprise me that the author took his own life, it's the logical thing to do. Greg

To: Lane3 who wrote (16402)	6/11/2001 12:31:32 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I understand why you might be uncomfortable with the Dorothy Day poem, and Invictus is, in fact, a better poem, technically. However, it is also bombastic and somewhat absurd. No one is the captain of his fate, nor even the master of his soul. Destiny is too dependent on events over which we have no control, and even our souls are partially forged by circumstance. I am a certain person in part because my parents were divorced, or I was the eldest, or I was raised Jewish, all elements over which I had no control. Similarly, throughout life one is partially shaped by events and persons stimulating feelings and responses over which one has imperfect control. What is true is that one plays a significant role in determining how to meet one's fate, and that one makes an array of choices in the course of life which help to shape the material with which one works. One has the capacity to transcend circumstance, but not without qualification........