service quotes

We have intheservicethescumof the earth as common soldiers.

-Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of
  Comment 21 Jun, before the Battle ofVitoria. Quoted in Elizabeth Longford Wellington:TheYears of the Sword, p.321.

Dear Lord and Father of mankind, Forgive our foolish ways! Re-clothe us in our rightful mind, In purer lives thy service find, In deeper reverence praise

-Whittier,John Greenleaf
  'The Brewing of Soma'.

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