They are not your merit system, they are not your system of worth You are who you say you are by your actions.

它们不是你的功绩系统， 它们不是你的价值系统。你是你通过自己的行为所说的那个人。

By 1920 they were able to report ten states with civil service commissions and the merit system well intrenched in more than three hundred municipalities.

到 1920 年，他们已经能够报告 10 个州设有公务员制度委员会，而绩效制度在 300 多个城市中根深蒂固。