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For things are in a bad way, when that
which should be obtained by merit is attempted
by money. But since recourse to this kind of support is sometimes indispensable, I shall explain
how it should be employed; but first I shall discuss
those qualities which are more closely allied to
merit.
Now, it is by various motives that people are led
to submit to another's authority and power: they
may be influenced (1) by good-will; (2) by gratitude
for generous favours conferred upon them; (3) by the
eminence of that other's social position or by the hope
that their submission will turn to their own account;
(4) by fear that they may be compelled perforce to
submit; (5) they may be captivated by the hope of
gifts of money and by liberal promises; or, finally,
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(6) they may be bribed with money, as we have frequently seen in our own country.
M. Tullius Cicero. De Officiis. With An English Translation. Walter Miller. Cambridge. Harvard University Press; Cambridge, Mass., London, England. 1913.
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