Theodore Roosevelt, Twenty-sixth President of the United States: A Typical AmericanS. Stone, 1901 - 413 pages |
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... spoils system . He entered upon his duties with vigor and raised the office to one of very great importance , and by his persistent efforts con- stantly enlarged and increased the power and usefulness of the commission , never losing an ...
... spoils system . He entered upon his duties with vigor and raised the office to one of very great importance , and by his persistent efforts con- stantly enlarged and increased the power and usefulness of the commission , never losing an ...
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... spoils system in his native city and State . But this sturdy , laughing , playing , working , A TYPICAL AMERICAN . 41.
... spoils system in his native city and State . But this sturdy , laughing , playing , working , A TYPICAL AMERICAN . 41.
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... spoils system . It would have been more in accordance with the end aimed at to have employed the term " merit system . " For it was a known fact that most of the offices were por- tioned out to party followers on the basis of their ...
... spoils system . It would have been more in accordance with the end aimed at to have employed the term " merit system . " For it was a known fact that most of the offices were por- tioned out to party followers on the basis of their ...
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... spoils system he needed but the simple doctrines that he had learned from the New Testament and the catechism . Those to whom he talked confessed without reserve that their policy and their practice were not in con- formity 166 THEODORE ...
... spoils system he needed but the simple doctrines that he had learned from the New Testament and the catechism . Those to whom he talked confessed without reserve that their policy and their practice were not in con- formity 166 THEODORE ...
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... spoils system , which can be supplanted only through the agencies which have found expres- sion in the act creating the Civil Service Com- mission , has been for seventy years the most potent of all the forces tending to bring about the ...
... spoils system , which can be supplanted only through the agencies which have found expres- sion in the act creating the Civil Service Com- mission , has been for seventy years the most potent of all the forces tending to bring about the ...
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