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"The world might stop in ten minutes; meanwhile, we are to go on doing our duty. The great thing is to be found at one's post as a child of God, living each day as though it were our last, but planning as though our world might last a hundred years."
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"He was simply and staunchly true to his duty alike in the large case and in the small. So all true souls ever are. So every true soul ever was, ever is, and ever will be. There is nothing little to the really great in spirit."
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"Everything in the society that is wrong is our responsibility to fix."
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"She had her reward! - that reward of which no enemie could deprive her, which no slanders could make less precious - the eternal reward of knowing that she had done her duty."
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"I shall never ask never refuse nor ever resign an office."
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"Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical."
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"May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense."
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"Duty was not untinged by ambition."
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"By his [God's] help I will arise and address myself diligently to my appointed duty. If happiness in this world is not for me, I will endeavor to promote the welfare of those around me, and my reward shall be hereafter."
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"I beg leave to assure the Congress that no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness. I do not wish to make any profit from it."
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"This war is not about slavery."
War
"It is good that war is so horrible, or we might grow to like it."
War
"Get correct views of life, and learn to see the world in its true light. It will enable you to live pleasantly, to do good, and, when summoned away, to leave without regret."
Life
"I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself."
Trust
"We failed, but in the good providence of God apparent failure often proves a blessing."
God
"A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others."
Help
"I tremble for my country when I hear of confidence expressed in me. I know too well my weakness, that our only hope is in God."
God
"Duty, then is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things. You cannot do more; you should never wish to do less."
Duty
"The education of a man is never completed until he dies."
Education
"The devil's name is dullness."
Devil
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