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In appointments to office, merit and not blood is the only just recommendation.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “In appointments to office, merit and not blood is the only just recommendation.”
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Sumner advocates for merit-based appointments in government, rejecting nepotism as unjust.
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