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Calvin Coolidge: “But the fact remains that office brokerage is here held in reprehensive scorn and professional office-seeking in…”

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But the fact remains that office brokerage is here held in reprehensive scorn and professional office-seeking in contempt.
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Calvin Coolidge
Republican · Vermont

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Coolidge critiques the practice of office brokerage and the contempt for professional office-seeking.

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