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A MEDITATION

“ Man is born to serve in his turn those to whom he owes his being.

— Chrysippus

Fragment, in Cicero On Duties 1.22

On virtue

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A reflection

Every generation owes a debt to the one that showed up before it. Parents, teachers, nurses, citizens — the chain of service is the real currency of civilization. Your turn comes and you pay it forward, not back.

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