T Is The Curse Of Service, Preferment Goes By Letter And Affection, And Not By Old Gradation, Where Each Second Stood Heir To The First.

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'T is the curse of service,
Preferment goes by letter and affection,
And not by old gradation, where each second
Stood heir to the first.
-- William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Othello
-- Act i, Sc. 1

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