{"id":"01KG6YGBV72PVP3V7X7MR25Q17","cid":"bafkreif7n6uozzmxo7i7ptkzogyyag7y3wk4qt5jctyocex2mn7di7vqtu","type":"segment","properties":{"description":"# Resolve and Vigilance\n\n## Overview\nThis 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.\n\n## Context\nThe 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.\n\n## Contents\nThe 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.","description_generated_at":"2026-01-30T07:57:53.291Z","description_model":"gemini-2.5-flash-lite","description_title":"Resolve and Vigilance","end_line":1207,"extracted_at":"2026-01-30T07:57:24.702Z","extracted_by":"structure-extraction-lambda","label":"Resolve and Vigilance","source_file":"01KG6YDDFE1YJ2Q37Q9JT1AJVB","start_line":1195,"text":"It is now some seven years since I have stirred from home. My city\r\nfriends all wonder why I don’t come to see them, as in former times.\r\nThey think I am getting sour and unsocial. Some say that I have become\r\na sort of mossy old misanthrope, while all the time the fact is, I am\r\nsimply standing guard over my mossy old chimney; for it is resolved\r\nbetween me and my chimney, that I and my chimney will never surrender.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","title":"Resolve and Vigilance"},"relationships":[{"peer":"01KG6YFYGCYAYC9GHGT2Z086S9","peer_type":"short_story","predicate":"in"},{"peer":"01KG6YDDFE1YJ2Q37Q9JT1AJVB","peer_type":"file","predicate":"extractedFrom"},{"peer":"01KG6YCG626JN4FCG8QK17CQCF","peer_type":"collection","predicate":"collection"},{"peer":"01KG6YGBV7J6D9VR42KVRS4JFY","peer_type":"segment","predicate":"prev"}],"ver":3,"created_at":"2026-01-30T07:57:26.247Z","ts":"2026-01-30T07:57:53.463Z","edited_by":{"method":"manual","user_id":"01KFF5C36SQEVDHC9CBNZZJH9K"}}