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The proposition involves no new principle, but permits the efficient discharge of public functions now inadequately performed or not performed at all.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “The proposition involves no new principle, but permits the efficient discharge of public functions now inadequately…”
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Roosevelt argues that the proposition allows for better execution of public functions.
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