... his direction. The duty was cast upon him, and he should discharge it to the best of his ability, so long as he retained his present office. (Cries of Order.) He thought it right to take the steps he had taken, because it was a duty in the successful ...

... sanguine that a great waste of public money would be prevented, by the partial abolition of the large fees that were now collected for the small amount of work done. The duties of the Chancellor ought to be clearly defined. In many instances he received ...

... course, the neglect of duty or of discipline; and we shall mean by the word heroism in like manner, whether applied to a soldier or to any human bein„, ,, not more courage; not the mere doing of duty: but the doing of something beyond duty; something which ...