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

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?

Left that command
Sole daughter of his voice.

Left that command
Sole daughter of his voice.

Thanks to the gods! my boy has done his duty.

Thanks to the gods! my boy has done 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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.