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Page 228
... political pressure simply . If the political pressure in behalf of A. was only strong enough , B. had to be turned out of his clerkship to make room for him , no matter if B. were much the bet- ter clerk . This pressure usually came ...
... political pressure simply . If the political pressure in behalf of A. was only strong enough , B. had to be turned out of his clerkship to make room for him , no matter if B. were much the bet- ter clerk . This pressure usually came ...
Page 231
... political favoritism ; and it must always be recollected that the gravest of the evils to be got rid of is not inefficiency of the service as it exists , but the demoralization of gene- ral politics by the introduction of the spoils doc ...
... political favoritism ; and it must always be recollected that the gravest of the evils to be got rid of is not inefficiency of the service as it exists , but the demoralization of gene- ral politics by the introduction of the spoils doc ...
Page 505
... politics . Without a single idea of what public virtue or principle means , he is a most shrewd and skillful political manager . It was probably through his intrigues more than through any other influence that Mr. Greeley succeeded in ...
... politics . Without a single idea of what public virtue or principle means , he is a most shrewd and skillful political manager . It was probably through his intrigues more than through any other influence that Mr. Greeley succeeded in ...
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