How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #4
To seek another's profit,
And work another's gain. (15-16)
Here we get more selflessness. This duty is really about helping others… by advancing a racist, imperial view of the world and everyone in it.
Quote #5
Fill full the mouth of Famine
And bid the sickness cease; (19-20)
Stopping famine? Curing sickness? Who can't get behind that? Not so fast, though, everyone. Only white men are up for this duty, apparently.
Quote #6
No tawdry rule of kings,
But toil of serf and sweeper--
The tale of common things. (26-28)
Over and again, our speaker reminds us that this is not about glory, or money, or getting 1,000 likes on your Facebook post. It's about working anonymously for others (while becoming a stereotypical "man" and enforcing a racist worldview in the process).