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<p>5. Discarding the members of a governing body <lb/>by rotation</p> | |||
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<p>Some would say upon this occasion that the air<lb/>which has been breathed for a considerable time<lb/>by a Court of Directors becomes corrupt and requires<lb/> to be changed. The plain truth of <add>In plain English</add> the <lb/>matter is<lb/></p><p>The objections against keeping single governors <lb/>long in <del>a place</del> <add>office</add> apply all of them with<lb/>still greater force to a <add>council or</add> body of directors. [The<lb/>more there are of them the greater will be the<lb/>struggle for emoluments] <del>If the</del> Without some such<lb/>expedient, if they agree <del>in their</del> with respect<lb/>to the generality of their measures, the probability<lb/>is that amongst those measures will be<lb/>some <del>of</del> which <add>have for</add> their object the providing for the<lb/>emolument of themselves and <add>their</add> friends at the expense<lb/>of the body at large for whom they are<lb/>in trust. If they disagree <del>then</del> and then are<lb/>reconciled, it is natural enough that the expense<lb/>of their reconciliation should be <sic>defray'd</sic> in the same<lb/>manner. On the other hand, discard a certain<lb/>number of them at once, and <del>there</del> if there are<lb/>abuses, there is a chance that the new members<lb/><note>may</note></p> | |||
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16
Indirect
5. Discarding the members of a governing body
by rotation
Some would say upon this occasion that the air
which has been breathed for a considerable time
by a Court of Directors becomes corrupt and requires
to be changed. The plain truth of In plain English the
matter is
The objections against keeping single governors
long in a place office apply all of them with
still greater force to a council or body of directors. [The
more there are of them the greater will be the
struggle for emoluments] If the Without some such
expedient, if they agree in their with respect
to the generality of their measures, the probability
is that amongst those measures will be
some of which have for their object the providing for the
emolument of themselves and their friends at the expense
of the body at large for whom they are
in trust. If they disagree then and then are
reconciled, it is natural enough that the expense
of their reconciliation should be defray'd in the same
manner. On the other hand, discard a certain
number of them at once, and there if there are
abuses, there is a chance that the new members
may
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