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IN the article on the above subject in NATURE of August 8, the unsatisfactory method of selecting candidates for Civil Service appointments is very justly emphasised. I desire to make the following suggestion, which will obviate the system of patronage and to a great extent that of competitive examination, both of which suffer from serious inherent defects which need not be discussed.
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COHEN, J. Science and the Civil Service. Nature 101, 484 (1918). https://doi.org/10.1038/101484c0
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