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Subject: Re: Anyone know this one?
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Date: Fri, 29-Nov-85 22:58:00 EST
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[   P. Kaufman (path at header)] [peter@uwmacc]
>I once heard part of a poem/short-story when I was in college, but I don't
>know the source.  If anyone out there knows where the following line(s) 
>originated, I would be grateful.
>
>"....I am the navigator of my destiny, the captain of my soul."
>
>give or take a word, that is basically what I remember.  Thanks all for
>bearing with me on this.

Could be:

	 I am the master of my fate:
	 I am the captain of my soul.

This is from "Invictus" by William Henley.

It starts:


	 Out of the night that covers me,
	  Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
	 I thank whatever gods may be
	  For my unconquerable soul.