And,  as  a  last  remembrance  of  this  kind,  if  the
nation  had  one,  for  many  and  many  a  year,  con
spicuous  before  its  gaze,  to  whom  DUTY  was  the
business,  and  delight,  and  aim  of  each  succeeding
day, — even  to  the  last  which  shone  upon  the
aged  chief, — then  we  should  praise  God  for  an
example  such  as  he  has  given  to  us,  his  cotem-
poraries,  and  has  left  to  our  children  after  us ;
and  we  should  set  ourselves,  with  new  vigour  and
life,  to  our  respective  work,  unto  which  God  has
called  every  one  of  us,  whether  it  be  humble  in
human  eyes,  or  whether  it  embrace  the  widest
and  most  ample  range.  And  we,  too,  should
render  the  honour  unto  God,  because  our  country
men,  in  a  special  degree, — and,  I  may  add,  all
who  hear  of  Wellington's  daily  life, — are  sum
moned,  as  it  were  by  a  trumpet's  call,  to  that
difficult  but  very  glorious  work,  the  performance


108  GREAT    MEN,

of  the  DUTY  of  each  day  and  hour  as  it  comes*  in
the  providence  and  will  of  God.
Lives  of  great  men  all  remind  us

We  can  make  our  lives  sublime,
And,  departing,  leave  behind  us

Foot-prints  on  the  sands  of  time.
Lot  us  then  be  up  and  doing,

With  a  heart  for  any  fate ;
Still  achieving,  still  pursuing,

Learn  to  labour  and  to  waith.
