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Nothing is vouched for more frequently by chiefs of Government bureaus, than that certain clerks who upon competitive examination would stand at the head do in point of efficiency and usefulness stand at the foot.
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Blaine points out that competitive exams do not always correlate with actual job performance among government clerks.
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