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This fact furnishes a pretext for efforts to make money while in the public service.
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He points out that low salaries can lead to unethical behavior among public servants.
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The gratitude of his countrymen rebuked all rivalries.
I believe now, as I did then, that it was for the best interests of this country, for the people of Santo Domingo, and all concerned, that the proposition should be received favorably.
There was never in his career any ostentatious display of power, never any exercise of wanton or unnecessary authority.
He possessed wit, sarcasm and irony in every form.
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