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The President properly lays great stress on excluding from a purely business office active participation in party politics.
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gutenberg.orgJohn Sherman: “The President properly lays great stress on excluding from a purely business office active participation in party…”
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Sherman advocates for the separation of business and party politics in government offices to maintain professionalism.
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