Word: reformable
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...Something must be done for Ireland, (b) coercion is a failure; (c) agrarian reform impossible without home rule...
...Anything that Mr. Abbot can have to say on this subject well deserves careful attention, though the ideas which he advances will hardly meet with the approval of many students who have acquired their notions of philosophy in Harvard. Mr. Abbot takes a very advanced position as regards the "reform of philosophy," and is perhaps led to expect too much from the regenerate system which is to be based purely on "scientific methods." Because the "older chemistry has yielded to the 'new chemistry,' and because natural history has undergone a fundamental revolution," we have no satisfactory ground for inferring...
...Warren, '89, then opened the debate for the affirmative. He said that reform was the great principle before the country. He reviewed the efforts of the Republican and Democratic parties for reform, and said that a new party should be formed on true and consistent principles...
...Paine, '88, then opened the argument for the negative side. He contradicted his opponent's argument and stated that the present political parties are consistent and intent on reform. Therefore a third party is not needed...
...Garrison, '88, then continued the argument for the affirmative. He denied that the present parties have true principles of reform. A new party should deal with questions of finance and the tariff...