 | James Drummond - 1893 - 52 pages
...worship. Cromwell, as is well known, would have no Act of Uniformity in his army. ' The State,' he said, ' in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies.' When he was about to embark for Ireland,... | |
 | Oliver Cromwell - Great Britain - 1894 - 502 pages
...pleased to use them kindly, you would find as good a fence to you as any you have yet chosen. Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions ; if they be willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies. I advised you formerly to bear with... | |
 | Samuel Harden Church - 1894 - 564 pages
...pleased to use them kindly, you would find as good a fence to you as any you have yet chosen. " Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions ; if they be willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies. I advised you formerly to bear with... | |
 | Edmond George Petty-Fitzmaurice Baron Fitzmaurice - Economists - 1895 - 367 pages
...MajorGeneral Crawfurd, one of the Presbyterian commanders of the Scotch army under the Lesleys in the North, ' the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies.'5 As time went on this conclusion seems... | |
 | J. Gregory - Puritans - 1896 - 432 pages
...it would have been wiser if they had seen their way to the broad position taken up by Cromwell : " The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies." But in Massachusetts things were not ripe... | |
 | William Dummer Northend - Massachusetts - 1896 - 380 pages
...Independents. In reply to remonstrances against his conduct, Cromwell said, " The *Palfrey, II., 81,82.. State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies ;" and to complaints of the character of... | |
 | Charles Wesley Mann - Amusements - 1896 - 364 pages
...pleased to use them kindly, you would find as good a fence to you as any you have yet chosen. Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of these opinions : if they be willing faithfully to serve it — that satisfies. I advised you formerly... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1897 - 462 pages
...pleased to use them kindly, you would find as good a fence to you as any you have yet chosen. Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions; if they be willing faithfully to serve it,—that satisfies. I advised you formerly to bear with men... | |
 | Alfred Kingston - East Anglia - 1897 - 526 pages
...Cambridge, defending Lieutenant-Colonel Packer against complaints of his Major-General Crawford. " Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions ; if they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies." In 1 " Querela Cantabrigiensis." these... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - English literature - 1897 - 634 pages
...pleased to use them kindly, you would find as good a fence to you as any you have yet chosen. " Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions ; if they be willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies. I advised you formerly to bear with... | |
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Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions ; if they be willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies. 
