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 When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always 
declares that it is his duty.  
 When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always 
declares that it is his duty. 
 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. 
 When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough:
 I've done my duty, and I've done no more.  
 When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough:
 I've done my duty, and I've done no more. 
Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.
 And I read the moral--A brave endeavour
 To do thy duty, whate'er its worth,
  Is better than read more 
 And I read the moral--A brave endeavour
 To do thy duty, whate'er its worth,
  Is better than life with love forever,
   And love is the sweetest thing on earth. 
 Then on! then on! where duty leads,
 My course be onward still.  
 Then on! then on! where duty leads,
 My course be onward still. 
 So nigh is grandeur to our dust,
 So near is God to man.
  When Duty whispers low, read more 
 So nigh is grandeur to our dust,
 So near is God to man.
  When Duty whispers low, Thou must,
   The youth replies, I can. 
 Give unto me, made lowly wise,
 The spirit of self-sacrifice;
  The confidence of reason give;
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 Give unto me, made lowly wise,
 The spirit of self-sacrifice;
  The confidence of reason give;
   And in the light of truth thy
    Bondman let me live! 
 He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and 
will find the flaw when read more 
 He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and 
will find the flaw when he may have forgotten its cause.