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"When I am at work on those enterprises," he says, "I feel that I am obeying the commandments just as much as when I go to the synagogue for prayer."

From Time Magazine Archive

I am obeying a passion, an impulse perhaps, because I have but one aim, one that overmasters all else.

From The Idiot by Martin, Eva M.

On the contrary I have come under a divine imperative, I am obeying an irresistible call, I am a humble and willing servant of the righteousness of God.

From God the Invisible King by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

I am obeying your orders, Lady Margaret, but never before have I felt, as I feel now, that I am doing a mean and cowardly action.

From At Agincourt by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)

Thou shalt see that I am obeying, not commanding thee.

From The Danish History, Books I-IX by Saxo, Grammaticus