So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)

So nigh is grandeur to our dust, So near is God to man, When Duty whispers low, Thou must, The youth replies, I can.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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