...is said that he was never known to ask a man for his vote. His idea of propriety in such matters is, that the office should seek the man and not the man the office. As a business man he has the confidence of all who know him, and no one can gainsay his integrity....

...order are nominated for all positions of trust, — the governing principle in this respect to be, that the office should seek the man and not the man the office. The broad principle is acknowledged, that difference of opinion is no crime, and that progress towards...

...and privileges of society, but refusing to bear a fair share of its labors and burdens. Yet he held that the office should seek the man, and not the man the office. Soon after he commenced the practice of law in Braintree, he was twice elected to represent the town...

...Blaine. It is the fashion in this country to decry professional politicians, to uphold the doctrine that the office should seek the man and not the man the office. Yet there can be no more honorable profession than the service of one's country, and surely no»man...

...nominated for all positions of trust; and to have carried out the principle which should characterize every Patron that " the office should seek the man,...crime, and hold that " progress toward truth is made by ditferences of opinion," while " the fault lies in bitterness of controversy." We desire a proper equality,...

...nominated for all positions of trust ; and to have carried out the principle which should characterize every Patron, that the office should seek the man, and not the man the office." To enumerate the achievements of the Grange would be to recall the progress of agriculture during the...

...also, as we pass along, to note some federal appointments made in evident recognition of the truth that the office should seek the man and not the man the office. Such was the appointment of President Angell of the University to conduct an important and delicate...

...making themselves rather cheap, but then I had been brought up on quite a different idea, and that was, that the office should seek the man, and not the man the office. In the convention I had the pleasure of hearing some of the notable men of Virginia, among them Henry...

...nominated for all positions of trust : and to have carried out the principle which should characterize every Patron that " the office should seek the man,...differences of opinion," while " the fault lies in bitterness of controversy." We desire a proper equality, equity and fairness ; protection for the weak...

...nominated for all positions of trust ; and to have carried out the principle which should characterize every Patron that " the office should seek the man,...differences of opinion," while " the fault lies in bitterness of controversy." We desire a proper equality, equity and fairness ; protection for the weak...