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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.
To do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please
God to call me.
To do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please
God to call me.
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.
We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent read more
We have now sunk to a depth at which the restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men
If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.
If I do my full duty, the rest will take care of itself.
What is possible is our highest duty.
What is possible is our highest duty.
Take up the White Man's burden.
Take up the White Man's burden.
But what is your duty? What the day demands.
[Ger., Was aber ist deine Pflicht? Die Forderung des Tages.]
But what is your duty? What the day demands.
[Ger., Was aber ist deine Pflicht? Die Forderung des Tages.]
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty, it is it's own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
Infinite striving to be the best is man's duty, it is it's own reward. Everything else is in God's hands.
