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 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth 
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word read more 
 Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth 
not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth. 
My work is a game, a very serious game.
My work is a game, a very serious game.
 I am giving you examples of the fact that this creature man, who 
in his own selfish affairs is read more 
 I am giving you examples of the fact that this creature man, who 
in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will 
fight for an idea like a hero. . . . I tell you, gentlemen, if 
you can shew a man a piece of what he now calls God's work to do, 
and what he will later call by many new names, you can make him 
entirely reckless of the consequences to himself personally. 
 Properly speaking, such work is never finished; one must declare 
it so when, according to time and circumstances, one read more 
 Properly speaking, such work is never finished; one must declare 
it so when, according to time and circumstances, one has done 
one's best.
 [Ger., So eine Arbeit wird eigentlich nie fertig; man muss sie 
fur fertig erklaren, wenn man nach Zeit und Umstand das 
Moglichste getan hat.] 
 I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for 
hours. I love to keep read more 
 I like work; it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for 
hours. I love to keep it by me: the idea of getting rid of it 
nearly breaks my heart. 
 Thine to work as well as pray,
 Clearing thorny wrongs away;
  Plucking up the weeds of sin,
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 Thine to work as well as pray,
 Clearing thorny wrongs away;
  Plucking up the weeds of sin,
   Letting heaven's warm sunshine in. 
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.
 Tho' we earn our bread, Tom,
 By the dirty pen,
  What we can we will be,
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 Tho' we earn our bread, Tom,
 By the dirty pen,
  What we can we will be,
   Honest Englishmen.
    Do the work that's nearest
     Though it's dull at whiles,
      Helping, when we meet them,
       Lame dogs over stiles. 
 Get leave to work
 In this world,--'tis the best you get at all.  
 Get leave to work
 In this world,--'tis the best you get at all.