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 Doing good,
 Disinterested good, is not our trade.  
 Doing good,
 Disinterested good, is not our trade. 
 Because indeed there was never law, or sect, or opinion, did so 
much magnify goodness, as the Christian religion read more 
 Because indeed there was never law, or sect, or opinion, did so 
much magnify goodness, as the Christian religion doth. 
 To do good and be evil spoken of, is kingly.
 [Lat., Bene facere et male audire regium est.]  
 To do good and be evil spoken of, is kingly.
 [Lat., Bene facere et male audire regium est.] 
All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and read more
All conservation of wildness is self-defeating, for to cherish we must see and fondle, and when enough have seen and fondled, there is no wilderness left to cherish.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
 One may not doubt that, somehow Good
 Shall come of Water and of Mud;
  And sure, the read more 
 One may not doubt that, somehow Good
 Shall come of Water and of Mud;
  And sure, the reverent eye must see
   A purpose in Liquidity. 
 What good I see humbly I seek to do,
 And live obedient to the law, in trust
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 What good I see humbly I seek to do,
 And live obedient to the law, in trust
  That what will come, and must come, shall come well. 
On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time.
On the whole human beings want to be good, but not too good and not quite all the time.
Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, to all the souls you can, in every read more
Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, to all the souls you can, in every place you can, at all the times you can, with all the zeal you can, as long as ever you can