Commonplace though it may appear, this doing of one's duty embodies th…

Samuel Smiles
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Commonplace though it may appear, this doing of one's duty embodies the highest ideal of life and character. There may be nothing heroic about it; but the common lot of men is not heroic. ✨ Samuel Smiles (1872). Character, p.2
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Commonplace though it may appear, this doing of one's duty embodies the highest ideal of life and character. There may be nothing heroic about it; but the common lot of men is not heroic. ✨ Samuel Smiles (1872). Character, p.2

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