Let every man be occupied, and occupied in the highest employment of which his nature is capable, and die with the consciousness that he has done his best. (Sydney Smith)

Let every man be occupied, and occupied in the highest employment of which his nature is capable, and die with the consciousness that he has done his best.

Sydney Smith

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