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Busy Replying To Letters From Divers Office-seekers. They Come By The Dozens.

All Appointments Hurt. Five Friends Are Made Cold Or Hostile For Every Appointment; No New Friends Are Made. All Patronage Is Perilous To Men Of Real Ability Or Merit. It Aids Only Those Who Lack Other Claims To Public Support.

It Is A Government By The Corporations, For The Corporations.

The Melancholy Thing In Our Public Life Is The Insane Desire To Get Higher.

One Thing You May Be Sure Of, I Was Not A Party To Covering Up Anything.