Another example of devotion to duty can be seen in Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. The Parson shows his love for his parishioners
by making sure that they have the support of the church at critical times in their lives. When the members of his parish are in need, even though
Wide was his parish, with houses far asunder, yet
he neglected not in rain or thunder, in sickness
or in grief, to pay a call on the remotest whether
great or small, upon his feet and in his hand a stave.
(Carlsen 97)
The Parson would go anywhere at any time and in any weather to help his people, no matter what problems they had. Though he didn't have a horse to ride, he was still willing to go on foot to
help them.
The Parson was the perfect leader for the community, as he set a good example of kindness to others that the townspeople would hopefully follow. He was quite different from the Friar and the
Pardoner, who were only interested in cheating and hurting the common people that they came in contact with.
In India, Mother Theresa has shown an incredible amount of love to the dying, the poor, and the unwanted, as she has set up hospitals and shelters for those whom the society has not considered
important enough to merit care. Her Missionaries of Charity have done much good around the world (Buresz 53).
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