called by duty

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What we believe of the Divine Love, thus dealing with human transgression, we may well believe of human love, when it is called by duty to chastise unrighteousness.

From Prime Ministers and Some Others A Book of Reminiscences by Russell, George William Erskine

He has been driven into political agitation only because, like Schiller's Wilhelm Tell, he saw positive, practical, and pressing grievances bearing down upon his neighbors, which he felt called by duty to make war against.

From Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches by McCarthy, Justin