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For a public man to take gifts is reprehensible; for a President to select Cabinet councillors and other officers among those from whom he has taken gifts is an anomaly in republican annals.
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Editor's note · Context
Sumner condemns the practice of public officials accepting gifts, particularly when it influences their appointments.
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