Only those who have seen something of such work at close quarters realize how much of it goes on quietly and without the slightest outside show, and how much it represents to many lives that else would be passed in gray squalor.
In an essay discussing the importance of civic duty, this passage reflects on the profound, often unseen impact of dedicated community service.
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The man who does nothing cuts the same sordid figure in the pages of history, whether he be cynic, or fop, or voluptuary.
Character must show itself in the man's performance both of the duty he owes himself and of the duty he owes the State.
I wish to say that the Progressive Party is making its appeal to all our fellow citizens without any regard to their creed or to their birthplace.
France is one of these nations. For her to sink would be a loss to all the world.
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