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The History of the Rebellion. Vol. III, Book VII. Section 80.
• On John Hampden.
• Compare: "In every deed of mischief he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute", Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, chap. xlviii.; "Heart to conceive the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute", Junius, letter xxxvii. Feb. 14, 1770.
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In a word, he had a head to contrive, and a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, any mischieve, and his death appeared to be a great deliverance to the nation.

— Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "In a word, he had a head to contrive, and a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, any mischieve, and his death appeared to be a great deliverance to the nation." in the context of "The History of the Rebellion. Vol. III, Book VII. Section 80.
• On John Hampden.
• Compare: "In every deed of mischief he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute", Edward Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, chap. xlviii.; "Heart to conceive the understanding to direct, or the hand to execute", Junius, letter xxxvii. Feb. 14, 1770." to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon

Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (18 February 1609 – 9 December 1674) was an English historian, statesman and grandfather of two queens regnant, Mary II and Anne.