I felt that I had been in very dangerous company, and, though I would not neglect my public duty, I was determined that I would not place myself in the power of such a man as Mr. Castles appeared to me to be.
I own that I never was so near compromising my public duty, by giving way to my own feelings, as I was at this moment.
I was solely actuated by public duty, without the slightest cause for personal dislike to the lawyer.
He would have been unjust to his most cherished principles and his views of public duty had he not come to the rescue, not of the administration, but of the country, in this hour of her peril.
Shall we not, by this friendly meeting, refresh our patriotism, rekindle our love of constitutional liberty, and strengthen our resolutions of public duty?
By making my office a study, I am always found in the place of public duty, and the latter is only, in fact, a temporary relief from literary labor.
Public duty is an excuse, which on such occasions is very generally made by men in office, who in nine cases out of ten seek to conceal the onerousness of literary labor under that ample cloak.
Lord Cornwallis never did like the situation; he accepted it unwillingly, and, to do him justice, I believe solely from a sense of public duty.
He says he has acted in the whole transaction, and will continue to act, conformably to his sense of public duty, and his unaltered feelings of friendship for Lord Hobart, to whom he will not fail to give a full statement of all his conduct.
I cannot go without a clear sacrifice of public duty.
My mind is made up, and to propose any loan for fortifications would be, on my part, with the views I entertain, a betrayal of my public duty.
We are all tempted by the contemplation of such a condition to supply relief, and are often impatient of the limitations of public duty.
Impartiality, moderation, fidelity to public duty, and a good attainment in the discharge of it must be added before the argument is complete.
That the legislator is so often true to a high standard of public duty, goes to illustrate the familiar truth that the individual moral code is better than that of communities.
A recognition of the importance of these facts, which are typical of a great class of facts, must help to develop a higher sense of public duty.
Post assigned; office; the part or department ofpublic duty which a person is appointed to perform; sphere of duty or occupation; employment.
Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church.
The sole bond which holds them together is their officers and the government which they serve, and their only idea, if they have any, of public duty, is obedience to orders.
It may safely be predicted of him that the ideals of public duty maintained by his uncle will not suffer in his keeping.
As he had said to Graham in November 1856, 'the pain and strain of public duty is multiplied tenfold by the want of a clear and firm ground from which visibly to act.
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