Helen Keller: I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty and joy to…
I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty and joy to accomplish humble tasks as though they were great and noble.
In today’s wordsI long to do great and noble things, but my chief duty and joy is to do humble tasks as though they were great and noble.
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