Now let's jump to what I call the breaking-point of filial duty.
My filial duty inclined me to reply, that I should certainly avail myself of such a favourable opportunity.
Allow me to ask you, General De Benyon, upon what grounds you claim from me a filial duty?
A more limited liberty to dispose of property at death might still suffice, therefore, to call out the greater part of the efforts now made to accumulate property.
So long as only the seasonal variations are equalized and the total supply of the year is not reduced it is, on the marginal principle, an economic service to the consumers, comparable to insurance in its utility.
And when we acquire for ourselves a station in the world, that we regulate our conduct by correct principles, so as to transmit our names to future generations, and reflect glory on our parents: this is the ultimate aim of filial duty.
Filial duty,” said the sage, “is the root of virtue, and the stem from which instruction in moral principles springs forth.
But to execute his design was now very difficult; for Isabel, with virgin modesty, blended with the restrictions imposed by filial duty, now avoided being alone with the object of her tenderest regard.
Filial duty, joined to the instructions of my preceptor, made me join the Parliamentary army.
Not all the courtly blandishments of gallantry, nor even the heart-breathed vows of true love could have been half so acceptable to Isabel as this sacrifice of self-indulgence to filial duty.
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