Edward Hyde Clarendon. 1608-1674.
He [Hampden] had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute any mischief.[255:2]
History of the Rebellion. Vol. iii. Book vii. § 84.
Footnotes
[255:2] In every deed of mischief he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.—Gibbon: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, chap. xlviii.
Heart to conceive, the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute.—From Junius, letter xxxvii. Feb. 14, 1770.
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