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Following fortune’s path

Tom Reeve
Med J Aust 2004; 181 (11): . || doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb06488.x
Published online: 6 December 2004

Your position never gives you the right to command. It only imposes on you the duty of living your life so that others can receive your orders without being humiliated.


  • Australian Cancer Network, The Cancer Council Australia, Sydney, NSW.


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