Thinking of my cousin, who lost his leg last summer

As the Pequod's second and third mates discuss the wisdom of Ahab manning one of the four whaling boats, Flask asserts that he "don't think it strange." He then clarifies why:

"If his leg were off at the hip, now, that would be a different thing. That would disable him; but he has one knee, and good part of the other left, you know."

Stubb replies:

"I don't know that, my little man; I never yet saw him kneel."

My cousin lost one leg in a car accident last summer. We hoped he'd keep the knee, but that turned out to be impossible. And while he is in regular attendance at church -- not exactly his pattern in youth, by the way -- I think it's fair to say that we have "never yet [seen] him kneel."

He remains, absolutely, my most bad-ass cousin.