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...priest comes the prophet. A prophet does not mean a man who does nothing but look into the future, for most of the prophets were very prominent men in their own time. Each one of them was an enthusiast who brought some special message or who instituted some needed reform. The prophets stand for just the opposite of what the priests do. Their work is to progress and to lead the world out of its old faults. So they are not in sympathy with the priests and the priests cannot understand them...
Question: "Resolved, That the policy of Cleveland in regard to the reform of the Civil Service during his two administrations is, on the whole, deserving of praise...
Brief for the Affirmative.J. J. SHEPPARD and C. M. READE.Best general references: Civil Service Reform under President Cleveland, Baltimore Address by R. H. Dana; Harper's Weekly, '87, '89 passim; Pol. Sci. Quarterly, III, 247. "Good Government...
...appointments in the unclassified service have shown a regard for reform principles. (a) Important appointments at Boston and New York. (b) No disturbance of three-fourths of four year term officers. (c) But small increase, notwithstanding the change of party, in number of changes over preceding administrations. (d) The changes made were largely necessary for the good of the service...
...that a start has been made, new rules of the same sort are sure to be generally adopted. They are, moreover, but the heralds of still more restrictions, that will take place on the lines of particlar sports. In football the reform has begun. It will surely take place in other athletic sports, with the final result that all athletics will be restricted. This seems to be the opinion everywhere among students and faculties...