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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. "
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone - Page 251
by John Morley - 1907
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The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 193

1901 - 604 pages
...Anabaptist. ' But shall that,' said Cromwell, ' render him incapable to serve the public ? . . . Sir, the ' State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no...willing faithfully to serve it, that ' satisfies.' The truth is that Cromwell was a practical man engaged in a terrible struggle, as well as a religious...
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Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: With Elucidations, Volume 1

Oliver Cromwell, Thomas Carlyle - 1850 - 444 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...willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies. I advised you formerly to bear with men of different minds from yourself: if you had done it when T...
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Footsteps of our forefathers

James Goodeve Miall - 1851 - 382 pages
...Are you sure of that ? Admit he be, shall that render bim incapable to serve the public?"* *" Sir, the state, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice...willing faithfully to serve it — that satisfies. I advised you formerly to bear with men of different minds from yourself: if you had done it when I...
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History of Civilization in England, Volume 1

Henry Thomas Buckle - 1857 - 882 pages
...recently printed in Carlyle's Cromwell, vol. i. pp. 201, 202, 8vo, 1846. In it Cromwell writes, " Sir, the state, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice...willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies." See additional proof in Carwitheris Hist, of the Church of England, vol. ii. pp. 245, 249. * No one...
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History of Civilization in England, Volume 2

Henry Thomas Buckle - 1858 - 906 pages
...recently printed in Ciirli/le's Cromwell, vol. i. pp. 201, 202, 8vo, 1846. In it Cromwell writes, " Sir, the state, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions ; if they l>e willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies." See additional proof iu Carwithen's Hint,...
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The Life of John Milton: Narrated in Connexion with the Political ..., Volume 3

David Masson - 1873 - 770 pages
...had written to Crawford on one occasion, when an Anabaptist colonel had been put under disgrace, " the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no "...willing faithfully to " serve it, that satisfies. I advised you formerly to bear with " men of different minds from yourself: if yon had done it " when...
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Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: Including the Supplement ..., Volume 2

Oliver Cromwell - 1859 - 640 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 * 11 March (Cooper, iii., 371 ; details in Neal, ii., 79-89). opimons ; if they be willing faithfully...
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Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: Including the Supplement ..., Volume 2

Oliver Cromwell - 1860 - 634 pages
...pleased to use them kindly, you would find as good a feni c to you as any you have yet chosen. Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opimons ; if they be willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies, I advised you formerly to...
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History of Civilization in England, Volume 1

Henry Thomas Buckle - 1857 - 886 pages
...recently printed in Carlyle's Cromwell, vol. i. pp. 201, 202, 8vo, 1846. In it Cromwell writes, " Sir, the state, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice...willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies." See additional proof in Carwithen's Hist, of the Church of England, vol. ii. pp. 245, 249. M No one...
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Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches: With Elucidations, Volume 1

Oliver Cromwell - 1861 - 738 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...willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies. I advised you formerly to bear with men of different minds from yourself: if you had done it when I...
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