Something My Generation Needs to Learn
'Thimbles and thunderstorms!' cried Trumpkin in a rage. 'Is that how you speak to the King? Send me, Sire, I'll go.'
'But I thought you didn't believe in the Horn, Trumpkin,' said Caspian.
'No more I do, your Majesty. But what's that got to do with it? I might as well die on a wild goose chase as die here. You are my King. I know the difference between giving advice and taking orders. You've had my advice, and now it's the time for orders.'
--C. S. Lewis,
Prince Caspian, ch. 7
Amen.
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