Bartleby

[Thomas Eckhardt]

>Will close by saying I can't help being reminded of an utterance that 
>was popular around here a few years back and which might have 
>constituted  an appropriate response to Bartleby.
>
>Just do it!

That was Jerry Rubin, no (instead of "wasn't it")? Meanwhile, Rubin became a Wall Street broker, and his call for acting freely and spontaneously turned into a 
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Thomas