Word: corruptable
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Dates: during 1873-1873
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...these is so large as to be beyond the limit which a private philanthropist can hope to reach. It is a most natural course, then, to ask that the State shall assume this burden, which is a comparatively light one when we consider the sums annually wasted in corrupt and useless schemes. We are happy to say that the Legislature, although the same body that passed the prohibitory law and refused to annul the Sumner resolutions, took a sensible view of this matter at least, and granted $ 50,000 to the Museum...