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Task of the Ages | |
Task of the ages To thee our lives we give, Pledged to the highest, its servants we would live, May we be strong and true When darkness round us draws, dauntless to dare and do in that great cause.[1] Cf. the maxim of Rabbi Tarfon in the Pirkei Avot 2.16, albeit without any expression of life after death. |
“Task of the Ages” is a short hymn by Felix Adler, first published in The Ethical Record vol. 1, no. 1. (April 1888), sheet music pages 2-3.
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| 1 | Cf. the maxim of Rabbi Tarfon in the Pirkei Avot 2.16, albeit without any expression of life after death. |
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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established."–Psalms 90:17
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