 | Frederic Harrison - Great Britain - 1898 - 248 pages
...public ? ' He is indiscreet.' It may be so, in some things : we have all human infirmities. . . . 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... | |
 | Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones - England - 1898 - 518 pages
...Are you sure of that ? Admit he be, shall that render him incapable to serve the public ? . . . 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... | |
 | Spenser Wilkinson - Generals - 1899 - 788 pages
...views, he was guided in the selection and advancement of his subordinates by the broad-minded principle that "the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions." The success of Cromwell's Ironsides was due in a great measure to the strict discipline which he enforced,... | |
 | Charles Bradlaugh - 1899 - 256 pages
...a sharp reprimand, because Crawford has discountenanced an "anabaptist " Lieutenant-Colonel: "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 yon iormer'.y to bear with... | |
 | Thomas Stanford Baldock - Great Britain - 1899 - 584 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... | |
 | John Morley - 1900 - 620 pages
...Are you sure of that ? Admit that he be, shall that render him incapable to serve the public? 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... | |
 | Charles Harding Firth - Great Britain - 1900 - 590 pages
...his command. " Admit he be an Anabaptist, shall that render him incapable to serve the public ? Sir, the State in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions ; if they be willing to serve it faithfully, that suffices." Six months later, after a second quarrel... | |
 | Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - Great Britain - 1900 - 526 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... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1900 - 368 pages
...Anabaptist ' ! Are you sure of that? Admit he be, shall that render him incapable to serve the public? 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. . . . Take heed of being sharp or too... | |
 | Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder - American literature - 1900 - 1004 pages
...Anabaptist. Are you sure of that? Admit that he be, shall that render him incapable to serve the public? Sir, the State in choosing men to serve it takes no notice of their opinions; if they be willing faithfully to sem it, that satisfies. I advised you formerly to bear with men of... | |
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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. 
