"Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity."

Duty, Fidelity, Liberty, Observation

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"Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity."

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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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"Yes, faith; it is my cousin's duty to make curtsy and say 'Father, as it please you.' But yet for all that, cousin, let him be a handsome fellow, or else make another curtsy and say 'Father, as it please me."

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