It is wonderful what strength of purpose and boldness and energy of will are roused by the assurance that we are doing our duty.
I will suppose that you have no friends to share or rejoice in your success in life — that you cannot look back to those to whom you owe gratitude, or forward to those to whom you ought to afford protection; but it is no less incumbent on you to move steadily in the path of duty — for your active exertions are due not only to society, but in humble titude to the Being who made you a member of it, with powers to serve yourself and others.
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
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