I am willing to serve my country, but my worship I reserve for Right w…

Rabindranath Tagore
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I am willing to serve my country, but my worship I reserve for Right which is far greater than my country. To worship my country as a god is to bring a curse upon it. ✨ Rabindranath Tagore (2014). The Home and The World: Fiction, Autobiographical novel, p.20, editionNEXT.com
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I am willing to serve my country, but my worship I reserve for Right which is far greater than my country. To worship my country as a god is to bring a curse upon it. ✨ Rabindranath Tagore (2014). The Home and The World: Fiction, Autobiographical novel, p.20, editionNEXT.com

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