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

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

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.

To do my duty in that state of life unto which it shall please God to call me.

Not aw'd to duty by superior sway.

Maintain your post: That's all the fame you need; For 'tis impossible you should proceed.

And rank for her meant duty, various, Yet equal in its worth, done worthily. Command was service; humblest service done By willing and discerning souls was glory.

The reward of one duty is the power to fulfil another.

So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man. When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.

When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough: I've done my duty, and I've done no more.

In common things the law of sacrifice takes the form of positive duty.

But what is your duty? What the day demands.

Hath the spirit of all beauty Kissed you in the path of duty?

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

I slept and dreamed that life was Beauty; I woke, and found that life was Duty:-- Was thy dream then a shadowy lie?

Take up the White Man's burden.

Thet tells the story! Thet's wut we shall git By tryin' squirtguns on the burnin' Pit; For the day never comes when it'll du To kick off dooty like a worn-out shoe.

The things which must be, must be for the best, God helps us do our duty and not shrink, And trust His mercy humbly for the rest.

Straight is the line of duty; Curved is the line of beauty; Follow the straight line, thou shalt see The curved line ever follow thee.

Every mission constitutes a pledge of duty. Every man is bound to consecrate his every faculty to its fulfilment. He will derive his rule of action from the profound conviction of that duty.