 | John Richard Green - 1874 - 1076 pages
...before — to a far larger and grander point of view. " The State," he boldly laid down at last, " in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their...be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies." But as yet he was busier with his new regiment than with theories ; and the Ironsides were no sooner... | |
 | 1875 - 224 pages
...Admit he be," remarked Cromwell, " shall that render him incapable to serve the public ? . . . . Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice...be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies. I advised you formerly to bear with men of different minds from yourself. . . . Take heed of being... | |
 | 1875 - 212 pages
...Admit he be," remarked Cromwell, " shall that render him incapable to serve the public ? . . . . Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice...be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies. I advised you formerly to bear with men of different minds from yourself. . . . Take heed of being... | |
 | John Richard Green - 1875 - 912 pages
...before — to a far larger and grander point of view. " The State," he boldly laid down at last, " in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their...be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies." But as yet he was busier with his new regiment than with theories ; and the Ironsides were no sooner... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1877 - 894 pages
...bigot. His rule on this subject is therefore the more worthy of record : " Sir, the State, in cheosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions...or too easily sharpened by others, against those to wbom yon can object little, but that they squire not with you in every opinion concerning matters of... | |
 | Peter Bayne - 1878 - 534 pages
...their theological opinions, and admits even Anabaptists to his ranks if they are willing and stout. " The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice...willing faithfully to serve it, — that satisfies." Having enlisted the due number of "honest and godly men;" drilled them to perfection ; armed them as... | |
 | John Morrison Davidson - 1880 - 274 pages
...that ye be not judged. Rather let us say, as did Oliver Cromwell in a somewhat similar case, " Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice...be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies. I advised you formerly to bear with men of different minds from yourself. .... Take heed of being too... | |
 | Henry William Dulcken - 1880 - 858 pages
...you sure of that .' Admit he be, shall that render him incapable to serve the public 1 . . . . Sir, the State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice...be 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... | |
 | James Allanson Picton - 1883 - 548 pages
...them kindly, you would find as good a fence to you as any you have yet chosen. " Sir, the State iu choosing men to serve it takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing to serve it faithfully, that satisfies. . . . Take heed of being too sharp, or too easily sharpened... | |
 | Bradley Tyler Johnson - 1883 - 228 pages
...State religion ; the Army insisted on religious toleration. Cromwell wrote before Marston Moor : " The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of these opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies." From the field of Naseby... | |
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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. 
