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... duty , and leave consequences to take care of themselves . You will receive the law from the court . Your verdict , it is true , may endanger the pris ... duty . With consciences satisfied with the discharge of duty , no DANIEL WEBSTER 177.
... duty , and leave consequences to take care of themselves . You will receive the law from the court . Your verdict , it is true , may endanger the pris ... duty . With consciences satisfied with the discharge of duty , no DANIEL WEBSTER 177.
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... duty , no conse- quences can harm you . There is no evil that we cannot either face or fly from , but the consciousness of duty disregarded . A sense of duty pursues us ever . It is omnipresent , like the Deity . If we take to ourselves ...
... duty , no conse- quences can harm you . There is no evil that we cannot either face or fly from , but the consciousness of duty disregarded . A sense of duty pursues us ever . It is omnipresent , like the Deity . If we take to ourselves ...
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... duty in this country is not discharged , as is so often sup- posed , by voting . A man may vote regularly and still fail essentially of his political duty , as the Pharisee , who gave tithes of all that he possessed and fasted three ...
... duty in this country is not discharged , as is so often sup- posed , by voting . A man may vote regularly and still fail essentially of his political duty , as the Pharisee , who gave tithes of all that he possessed and fasted three ...
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Lincolns First Inaugural | 21 |
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