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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

My noble father,
I do perceive here a divided duty.

My noble father,
I do perceive here a divided duty.

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.

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

In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our
duty.

In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our
duty.