The most improper job of any man, even saints (who at any rate were at least unwilling to take it on), is bossing other men. Not one in a million is fit for it, and least of all those who seek the opportunity.
Lord of the Rings
Letter to his son, Christopher Tolkien (Letter 52)
1943
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