Where there are no rights, there are no duties.

Where there are no rights, there are no duties.

Left that command
Sole daughter of his voice.

Left that command
Sole daughter of his voice.

Duty cannot exist without faith.

Duty cannot exist without faith.

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

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

There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes read more

There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences.

What is possible is our highest duty.

What is possible is our highest duty.

So nigh is grandeur to our dust,
So near is God to man.
When Duty whispers low, read more

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

I slept and dreamed that life was Beauty;
I woke, and found that life was Duty:--
Was read more

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

Do your duty today and repent tomorrow

Do your duty today and repent tomorrow