He visits them, looks after them if they are sick, baptizes the children, comforts those in sorrow, and is ready with shrewd advice for those who need aid; in short, shows himself from week’s end to week’s end a thoroughly sincere, earnest, hard-working old Christian.
Roosevelt depicts the comprehensive care a dedicated clergyman provides to his parishioners.
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Character must show itself in the man's performance both of the duty he owes himself and of the duty he owes the State.
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