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THE Duke of Wellington, when Premier, was the terror of the idlers in
Downing Street. On one occasion when the Treasury clerks told him that
some required mode of making up the accounts was impracticable, they
were met with the curt reply: Never mind, if you can't do it, I'll send
you half-a-dozen pay sergeants that will,--a hint that they did not
fail to take.





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