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That it is the duty of every human being to do good , to attest hi * claim to relationship in the human family hj \ rendering 3 ome service to his kind , is an idea often present to the
most casual thinker ; and it is more than merely pfefcfent ; it is oppressive upon the conscience of some , who ffeel that they owe a debt which they know not how to pay . Many think that the talent has not beeti J ^ yeh to them , many that their circumstances compel thern to lkjr up the talent for want of means to put it out to interest . This is
especially the notion of many of even the worthiest among women , and it is the excuse of the many worthless ; it is often the poor man ' s plea / and yet oftener that of the idler . " I have but little ability / ' say these , " and for such arf ' l have , I have no field of action . " False or unreflecting ^ re all such
assertions . There is ^ good , and a great good , whidti it is in the power of evety well-wisher of his spectes to dt ^ fcense—a good , which , like many advantages , many pleasures , is overlooked because it lids so close at hand—the good . I \ mean is pure Example .
Let none urge his obscurity , his retirement ^ example can never be without consequence . The part of tl } # patriot , in its large acceptation , it falls to the lot or feiv to fiU ; btttt many , many , b y presenting fine and happy models kiv thii Idifferent offices of life , may eminently aid the woric of patriotism ondT
universal ^ ood . M How far the little candle throws kfe beam . " As well might the rushlight which cheers tifc * && % ' chamber refuse to burn because it was not the suri > a& « 6 ftY li % pg deny the capacity for usefulness because he is placed iri a Confined or lowly sphere .
The work of human advancement has numerous department * , all happy and honourable if they be filled with sincerity and zeal . It is not because a man is incapable or ill-placed as regards the duties of the stateaman , the writer , the lecturer , that he is therefore to feel himself incapacitated for , or exempted from taking his share in the great end of human existence . Each in his class , his circle , hid hbmeBtfcad , may
be a light to gladden if not to guide , to tericOttrttge * xL not to create . Many of those ambitious , posts which are aA full of promise to the crowd and so flattering to t ^ eirh ^ lqers , dispense less real benefit than humbler ojffipes wjien WftH filled ; the first has often ' frill occasional o ^ portvni ^ ies ta ^ flfpt good , the latter almost continual ; a great man , as we term any of those who occupy commanding positions , is like a light-hoo » e , he throws a gleam upon tBe political Horizon , and may now
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1836, page 681, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2663/page/29/
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