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If you are in the mood of appropriation on this scale, select some of those public servants who have been discharging laborious duties on an inadequate compensation, and bestow it upon them.
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Sumner suggests that if funds are to be appropriated, they should benefit public servants who have worked hard for inadequate pay.
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