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In so universally substituting Competitive Examination for the much less perfect systems of patronage and favouritism previously adopted for filling appointments and distributing emoluments, no doubt the step has been in the right direction; but as with all novel systems, the necessary details of its working have not been fully mastered, and we have complaints,—such as from many who have no other recommendations upon which to make selections in scientific appointment, and from the India Civil Service,—that the results are not, in the long run, so successful as could be wished. Many of the objections which were at the outset thought to be insurmountable, have been proved to be insignificant and remediable; whilst others, unforeseen and more difficult to overcome, are daily becoming more and more conspicuous.
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Competitive Examinations . Nature 10, 416–417 (1874). https://doi.org/10.1038/010416a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/010416a0