Not once or twice in our rough island story,
The path of duty was the way to glory.

Not once or twice in our rough island story,
The path of duty was the way to glory.

I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if he cannot, at least to read more

I think a man's duty is to find out where the truth is, or if he cannot, at least to take the best possible human doctrine and the hardest to disprove, and to ride on this like a raft over the waters of life

Then on! then on! where duty leads,
My course be onward still.

Then on! then on! where duty leads,
My course be onward still.

Simply duty hath no place for fear.

Simply duty hath no place for fear.

Hath the spirit of all beauty
Kissed you in the path of duty?

Hath the spirit of all beauty
Kissed you in the path of duty?

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.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself.

Knowledge is the hill which few may wish to climb;
Duty is the path that all may tread.

Knowledge is the hill which few may wish to climb;
Duty is the path that all may tread.