Whenever I found out anything remarkable, I have thought it my duty to put down my discovery on paper, so that all ingenious people might be informed thereof.
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Simply duty hath no place for fear.
Simply duty hath no place for fear.
Do your duty today and repent tomorrow
Do your duty today and repent tomorrow
Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.
Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.
Maintain your post: That's all the fame you need;
For 'tis impossible you should proceed.
Maintain your post: That's all the fame you need;
For 'tis impossible you should proceed.
Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.
Curiosity is as much the parent of attention, as attention is of memory.
If nobody speaks of remarkable things, how can they be called remarkable?
If nobody speaks of remarkable things, how can they be called remarkable?
Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only read more
Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly.
The reward of one duty is the power to fulfil another.
The reward of one duty is the power to fulfil another.
It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, read more
It is better to do one's own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins.
