Further Advice from a Father’s Heart
Now, a company with a great heritage is a miracle of man’s wisdom.
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And surely in such a consideration as this,
its possessor should find only a new spur to activity and honour,
that with all this power of service
he should not prove unserviceable.
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He must honourably perform his stewardship.
Whether to help individuals whose birthright and outfit have been swallowed up in his,
Or to further public works and institutions.
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Adapted from Robert Louis Stevenson’s, “Lay Morals” (1914)