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...election.- (X) He would be directly before the people.- (y) It would repel the independent vote.- (z) It would gain no votes for him.- (b) Such a man would be less likely to be nominated.- (1) Legislative caucus is not now restrained from making bad nominations by fear of defeat.- (x) Caucus nominee is sure of election.- (2) Caucus cannot be trusted to choose good men voluntarity.- (x) Character of our legislators not sufficiently good: Bryce, (2nd ed.), op. cit., I, pp. 515-520.- (y) Specific examples of unfit nominations prove this: Quay, Cameron, Gorman, Smith, Hill, Murphy, Platt, Blair...
...feel the greatest respect for those who have done their duty, who have gamely fought an up-hill fight, and though defeated, left no stone unturned by which they could ensure success. Then if we are defeated, don't explain, don't excuse it, but bear it like men, grimly and silently, and go into the struggle next time with more unflagging perseverance and a deeper determination. Yet victory is better than the most honorable defeat. Do not adopt the theory that it really doesn't matter whether we win or lose, for it does matter and it rests with...
...Bradford, member of the athletic committee, after Hon. Theodore Roosevelt's speech thanked him in the name of Harvard for his presence there, and added that we all know that we have suffered humiliation for many years of defeat but this ought not to discourage us, but simply mean a preparation for a final victory...
...result of the Harvard-Princeton debate, though not unexpected, occasioned serious thought as to why Princeton with her Halls, and her supposedly superior advantages, should have again suffered defeat in this branch of intercollegiate contests. The following caitorial, which appeared in the Princetonian after the debate, expresses fully and fittingly the sentiment of the college in general...
...Harvard debaters we tender our congratulations. We admire and respect the institution whose representatives have never been defeated in this distinctly academic form of intercollegiate contests. No more gratifying prominence could be desired by any institution. Our wish is that Princeton may learn from Harvard's example and from her own defeat the secret of success in literary lines...