 | Anna Garlin Spencer - Families - 1923 - 338 pages
...is preferred to the public service, not as a matter of privilege but as a reward of merit. Xeither is poverty a bar, but a man may benefit his country whatever be the obscurity of his position. "We are unrestrained in private intercourse, while a spirit of reverence pervades our public... | |
 | Thucydides - Greece - 1881 - 742 pages
...any way distinguished, he is preferred ness, our • Reading Il8 FUNERAL SPEECH OF PERICLES. . II. to the public service, not as a matter of privilege, but as 8.0.451 private the reward of merit. e Neither is poverty a bar. but a ''87'J from sus- . J picion... | |
 | Griffith, Farran, Browne and co - 1883 - 392 pages
...of excellence is also recognised ; and when a citizen is in any way distinguished, he is preferred to the public service, not as a matter of privilege,...is no exclusiveness in our public life, and in our intercourse we are not suspicious of one another, nor angry with our neighbour if he does what he likes... | |
 | George Park Fisher - World history - 1885 - 788 pages
...claim of excellence is also recognized; and when a citi/cn is in any way distinguished, he is preferred to the public service, not as a matter of privilege,...obscurity of his condition. There is no exclusiveness m our public life: and in our private intercourse we are not suspicious of one another, nor angry with... | |
 | George Park Fisher - World history - 1885 - 778 pages
...recognized; and when a citizen is in any way distinguished, he is preferred to the public service, not as ^ matter of privilege, but as the reward of merit. Neither...whatever be the obscurity of his condition. There is no exclusivencss in our public life: and in our private intercourse we are not suspicious of one another,... | |
 | George Park Fisher - World history - 1885 - 786 pages
...distinguished, he is preferred to the public service, not as л matter of privilege, but as the reward of ment. Neither is poverty a bar; but a man may benefit his...whatever be the obscurity of his condition. There is no exclusivenevs in our public life, and in our private intercourse we зге not suspicious of one another,... | |
 | Mary Sheldon Barnes - 1885 - 612 pages
...also recognized ; 1 About 18 cents. and when a citizen is in anyway distinguished, he is preferred to the public service, not as a matter of privilege, but as a reward of merit. . . . And we have not forgotten to provide for our weary spirits many relaxations... | |
 | Mary Sheldon Barnes - Greece - 1890 - 280 pages
...also recognized ; 1 About 18 cents. and when a citizen is in anyway distinguished, he is preferred to the public service, not as a matter of privilege, but as a reward of merit. . . . And we have not forgotten to provide for our weary spirits many relaxations... | |
 | Bernard Bosanquet - Jewish learning and scholarship - 1889 - 220 pages
...of excellence is also recognised ; and when a citizen is in any way distinguished, he is preferred to the public service not as a matter of privilege, but as a reward of merit. Neither is poverty a bar, but a man may benefit his country, whatever be the obscurity... | |
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But while the law secures equal justice to all alike in their private disputes, the claim of excellence is also recognized; and when a citizen is in any way distinguished, he is preferred to the public service, not as a matter of privilege, but as the... 
