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He looked around the lake, |
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no other fishermen or boats were anywhere around in the moonlight. |
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He looked again at his father. |
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Even though no one had seen them, |
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nor could anyone ever know what time he caught the fish, |
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the boy could tell by the clarity of his father's voice that the decision was not negotiable. |
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He slowly worked the hook out of the lip of the huge bass and lowered it into the black water. |
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That was 34 years ago. |
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Today, the boy is a successful architect in New York City. |
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He has never again caught such a magnificent fish as the one he landed that night long ago. |
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But he does see that same fish - again and again - |
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every time he comes up against a question of ethics. |
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For, as his father taught him, |
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ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. |
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It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult. |