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“Every one regards his duty as a troublesome master from whom he would like to be free.”

Masters Duty Regard Troublesome

Author:Mazo de la Roche

“The duty of the State toward the citizen is the duty of the servant to its master.... One of the duties of the State is that of caring for those of its citizens who find themselves the victims of such adverse circumstances as makes them unable to obtain even the necessities for mere existence without the aid of others.... To these unfortunate citizens aid must be extended by government--not as a matter of charity but as a matter of social duty.”

Matter States Government Social Existence Masters Duty Citizens Circumstances Victim Mere Charity Caring Aids Servant Unfortunate Adverse

Author:Franklin D. Roosevelt

“If we are to become the masters of science, not its slaves, we must learn to use its immense power to good purpose. The machine itself has neither mind nor soul nor moral sense. Only man has been endowed with these godlike attributes. Every age has its destined duty. Ours is to nurture an awareness of those divine attributes and a sense of responsibility in giving them expression.”

“...I believe it is now the duty of the slaves of the South to rebuke their masters for their robbery, oppression and crime.... Nostation or character can destroy individual responsibility, in the matter of reproving sin.”

Believe Matter Character Individual I Believe Sin Responsibility Crime Masters Duty Slavery Slave South Oppression Robbery Rebuke Individual Responsibility

Author:Angelina Grimke

“I make it a rule of Christian duty never to go to a place where there is not room for my Master as well as myself.”

Wells Christian Rooms Masters Duty

Author:John Newton

“If by excessive labor we die before reaching the average age of man, worn out in the Master's service, then glory be to God. We shall have so much less of earth and so much more of heaven. It is our duty and our privilege to exhaust our lives for Jesus.”

Ifs Men Age Earth Dies Jesus Heaven Our Lives Masters Duty Glory Labor Average Privilege Reaching Worn Worn Out

Author:Charles Spurgeon

“It is the soul's duty to be loyal to its own desires. It must abandon itself to its master passion.”

Soul Desire Passion Destiny Masters Duty Your Soul Abandon Loyal My Passion Great Passion Love Passion Love And Passion Spirit And Soul Spiritual Soul Passion And Desire Living Your Passion Purpose And Passion

Book:The young Rebecca: writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17

Source: The young Rebecca: writings of Rebecca West, 1911-17