Word: absurdity
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...improvement in the government service; the second is the more ethical advantage of an elevation of public methods and standards. He illustrated the first advantage by reference to the postal system. When we simply wish that letters should be delivered with speed and accuracy, it is obviously absurd to insist that a man should have certain views on tariff or finance. In the second place he pointed out that the offices, given out by political leaders to their henchmen, really formed a vast corruption fund, - that the offices were given to the most prominent henchmen, while the less prominent might...
Question: "Resolved, That universal male suffrage has proved absurd in theory and ineffectual in practice...
...competition will take place in Harvard 1, and the judges will be two members of the faculty and one member of the club. The subject will be "Resolved, That universal male suffrage has proved absurd in theory and ineffectual in practice." Open for five minute speeches to all members of the University but freshmen...
...subject for debate will be "Resolved, That universal male suffrage has proved absurd in theory and ineffectual in practice." The principal speakers will be F. C. Thwaits L. S., for the affirmative, and W. E. Hutton '95, for the negative. The judges will be two members of the faculty, Mr. Conant and Mr. Copeland, and one member of the Club...
Question: "Resolved, That universal male suffrage has proved absurd in theory and ineffectual in practice...