I'm delighted to have found the following proverb. It is really utterly lovely:
The most beautiful things in the universe are the starry heavens above us and the feeling of duty within us.
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"Does not Wisdom call, does not understanding raise her voice? ...Hear, for I will speak noble things, and from my lips will come what is right." (Proverbs 8:1,6)
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". . . the feeling of duty within us." This phrase keeps haunting me. How many of us have a sense of duty withing us? Is this something we are teaching the next generation? When I look at my parents' generation, they did so many things--very unpleasant things out of a sense of duty. I'm ashamed to say I'm not sure I would withstand a litmus test as to possessing and acting on a sense of duty.
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