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6 duty of the individual not only to refrain from destroying the life held in trust, but also to fulfil the functions and to realize the highest possibilities of that life. Further, carrying the logic of the principal to its extreme limit, the individual is bound to stand fast by whatever aids him in the conservation and development of the life which he holds. Government stands by the individual life, securing to it the exercise of its functions, duties, and rights. The individual ought then to stand by the government.

From the beginning, as we have seen, government and the citizen, by God's will, have stood in the relation of protector and protected. The relationship is sacred.