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excerpt from "Letter to His Son" by Robert E. Lee

Duty, then, is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things, like the old Puritan. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less. Never let me and your mother wear one gray hair for any lack of duty on your part.

Select the word and phrase from the drop-down menus to correctly complete the sentence. It could be inferred that the word sublimest means in the paragraph, based on the context clue


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Most uncommon
Most diffuclt
Most Noble

in the paragraph, based on the context clue

"Do your duty in all .

"Like the old puritans"

"Word in our language"

"You cannot do more"

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most noble i think is the answer
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Answer: It could be inferred that the word sublimest means 1"most noble" in the paragraph, based on the context clue 2"Do your duty in all things."

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Got it right on the test

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