a subordinate plans
assy man in such
transluck to
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position would yield
equivocal obedience
to the one or the other
of his two superiors, the instructions reaching
him from two different
quarters
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subjects
much connected would
sometimes be really
inconsistent, and would still more often be regarded by him in that light; that in
any
such increasing
real or
apparent, he
would find an apology for the disregard of
these instructions which might be at
least plausible, and
for
launching mischievous schemes
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for the prosecution of
measures disapproved
by
one or both of his
Superiors; that it would be practically impossible to keep his two lines of Official Correspondence entirely distinct from each other; and that those who were subordinate
to him in one of his two Capacities would be disposed to
witness a constant rivalry his subordinates in his
other Capacity, especially
as the two Services
must be
governed by
different rules, and
remunerated at different
Rates