Read this excerpt from "Letter to His Son":

Duty, then, is the sublimest word in our language. Do your duty in all things, like the old Puritan. You cannot do more, you should never wish to do less. Never let me and your mother wear one gray hair for any lack of duty on your part.

How does the use of the word sublimest affect the meaning of the first sentence of the passage?

It suggests that one's duty is to be done privately.

It suggests that one's duty is to be revered and respected.

Duty is to be shared with others.

Duty is to be passed down from parent to child.