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 Our deeds still travel with us from afar.
 And what we have been makes us what we are.  
 Our deeds still travel with us from afar.
 And what we have been makes us what we are. 
 For now the field is not far off
 Where we must give the world a proof
  Of read more 
 For now the field is not far off
 Where we must give the world a proof
  Of deeds, not words. 
 His deeds do not agree with his words.
 [Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.]  
 His deeds do not agree with his words.
 [Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.] 
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.
 "I worked for men," my Lord will say,
 When we meet at the end of the King's highway;
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 "I worked for men," my Lord will say,
 When we meet at the end of the King's highway;
  "I walked with the beggar along the road,
   I kissed the bondsman stung by the goad,
    I bore my half of the porter's load.
     And what did you do," my Lord will say,
      "As you traveled along the King's highway?" 
'Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do.
'Tis not what man Does which exalts him, but what man Would do.
To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous history.
To be nameless in worthy deeds, exceeds an infamous history.
 Go put your creed into your deed,
 Not speak with double tongue.  
 Go put your creed into your deed,
 Not speak with double tongue. 
 We ought to do our neighbour all the good we can. If you do 
good, good will be done read more 
 We ought to do our neighbour all the good we can. If you do 
good, good will be done to you; but if you do evil, the same will 
be measured back to you again.