Dan Greenfield

Category: Nettleton, Asahel

  • Do Your Duty

    Asahel Nettleton relates the following anecdote regarding the proper response when receiving commendation or condemnation: A man once said to an aged clergyman, ‘My neighbors are slandering me, and what shall I do?’ ‘Do your duty,’ said the clergyman, ‘and think nothing about it. If they are disposed to throw…