A chief petty officer is a senior non-commissioned officer in many navies and coast guards.
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“The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it.”
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To catechism by a mind too strewn
With petty cares to slightly understand
What awful brain compels His awful hand.
Yet do I marvel at this curious thing;
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