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Duty

Commitment or obligation to someone or something or to perform an action on the behalf of

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Images referencing Duty

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  • A dutiful volunteer soldier at his post in the rain even though he has a bad cold. Wood engraving after J. Leech, 1846.
  • An exhausted nurse who has been looking after her patient for many hours asks when she may go to bed, the patient's mother retorts that she thought she was a trained nurse. Wood engraving by L. Raven-Hill.
  • A Methodist minister attempting to choose between two women who pull him in different directions. Mezzotint after J. Collet.

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    A Methodist minister attempting to choose between two women who pull him in different directions. Mezzotint after J. Collet.

    Collet, John, 1725?-1780. | Date: 10 June 1776 | Reference: 27978i
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    A dutiful volunteer soldier at his post in the rain even though he has a bad cold. Wood engraving after J. Leech, 1846.

    Leech, John, 1817-1864. | Date: 1846 | Reference: 15621i
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    An exhausted nurse who has been looking after her patient for many hours asks when she may go to bed, the patient's mother retorts that she thought she was a trained nurse. Wood engraving by L. Raven-Hill.

    Raven-Hill, L. (Leonard), 1867-1942. | Reference: 15626i
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    Aeneas taking leave of Dido. Stipple engraving by J. Eginton, 1796, after W. Hamilton, 1791.

    Hamilton, William, 1751-1801. | Date: Sep.r 1st 1796 | Reference: 3063627i
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    The metaphysics of morals / Immanual Kant ; translated and edited by Mary Gregor ; with an introduction by Roger J. Sullivan.

    Kant, Immanuel, 1724-1804. | Date: [1996]

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