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...current fashion of expressing, this distinction is unsatisfactory. It does not indicate the true nature of the difference. The real and essential difference is that in Constitutions of the flrst kind all laws are of equal validity. The Queen, Lords and Commons, if they agreed, might legally effect the most radical changes in our constitution. In political systems of the other type, the law of the Constitution is exalted above the ordinary legislature, which can, by itself, effect no change in it whatever ; it is law of a different kind from that made in the ordinary way, because it does...
Motion was made and carried to the effect that no assessments be made on the members, and that the subscription book be left open, and then the meeting was adjourned...
...gentleman who took by mistake the wrong hat from Memorial Hall, last Thursday, may effect an exchange by applying to the auditor...
...member join at once, and not longer enjoy benefits which are paid for by others. Some have failed to join the society out of carelessness ; others, contemptible specimens of humanity,-we feel sure they cannot be many in number-have made use of their friends' tickets to effect their own purchases...
...exactly what bearing this list of notables has upon the subject under discussion. We do not think the facts affect the position of the CRIMSON. We attempted to show that to exclude Negroes, simply because they were Negroes, was manifestly unfair, and could not react with good effect upon Harvard, and this point we still maintain...