Word: could
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Dates: during 1910-1910
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...Roosevelt closed his address by giving a short resume of the conceptions of our government. Before it was founded no one dreamed that federalism could be applied to a growing country. Up to that time colonies had been either wholly independent or wholly subservient to the mother country. Our system has worked admirably, but since the interests of the country have become so complicated, faults have cropped out. A rift has grown up between the spheres of action of the national and state governments, and this neutral ground is now a field of refuge for all the men of great...
...Down on the Isthmus of Panama, good, well-meaning men, who could not keep their subordinates straight or get good work out of them, would have inflicted irreparable injury to the nation. Colonel Goethals and his associates represent that high type of applied morality which is composed of integrity and efficiency, both alike raised to the highest standard...
...Brigham '12 was the next speaker. The question is not whether parliamentary government is a complete success, but whether it is not the best government which France could have. The present government works better than is generally believed...
...Next to these two comes L. Smith of Harvard, a reliable, heady player, powerful and alert, although not exceptionally fast. Although not so scintillating as Kilpatrick he could always be counted upon...
...best way to give the country a uniform, elastic, easily changeable and redeemable currency, he said, is by providing a central bank, controlled by the government. This bank could have sufficient capital to issue notes in times of crises, and could help the national and state institutions in emergencies...