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- # Resolve and Vigilance
## Overview
This segment, titled "Resolve and Vigilance," is a textual excerpt from the short story "[I and My Chimney](arke:01KG6YFYGCYAYC9GHGT2Z086S9)." It spans lines 1195 to 1207 of the source text, reflecting on the narrator's steadfast commitment to his home and chimney.
## Context
The segment is part of the larger short story "[I and My Chimney](arke:01KG6YFYGCYAYC9GHGT2Z086S9)," which is included in the "[Melville](arke:01KG6YCG626JN4FCG8QK17CQCF)" collection, comprising the complete works of Herman Melville. It was extracted from the plain text file "[i_and_my_chimney.txt](arke:01KG6YDDFE1YJ2Q37Q9JT1AJVB)" on January 30, 2026. This segment follows "[Escalation of Conflict and Narrow Escapes](arke:01KG6YGBV7J6D9VR42KVRS4JFY)," which details the narrator's ongoing struggle against those who wish to alter or remove his chimney.
## Contents
The text describes the narrator's seven-year period of not leaving home, leading his city friends to perceive him as unsocial or a "mossy old misanthrope." The narrator clarifies that his reclusiveness is due to his unwavering commitment to "standing guard over my mossy old chimney," emphasizing a resolute pact between himself and his chimney: "that I and my chimney will never surrender." This segment encapsulates the narrator's deep attachment to his home and his defiance against external pressures.
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- Resolve and Vigilance
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- It is now some seven years since I have stirred from home. My city
friends all wonder why I don’t come to see them, as in former times.
They think I am getting sour and unsocial. Some say that I have become
a sort of mossy old misanthrope, while all the time the fact is, I am
simply standing guard over my mossy old chimney; for it is resolved
between me and my chimney, that I and my chimney will never surrender.
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- Resolve and Vigilance