Word: argumentative
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...subject, and a tendency to talk on points which would appeal to the audience rather than to the judges. He was some what stiff and hesitating in his delivery, but had a quiet sarcasm that told for his side. He said that his predecessor had based his argument on three assumptions, all of which were questionable. First, he assumed that combinations of employers had done harm to laborers, yet they had not at all. It was only through such combinations that great capitalistic projects could be realized. This large employment of capital made increased demand for labor. Second...
...CLARK'S SPEECH.Walter Haven Clark'96, was the second speaker for Yale. He knew his question well; he made some subtle criticisms of the Harvard men, and had that impressiveness that comes from apparent thorough belief in his side of the question. He had little rhetoric but much argument. In substance he said...
...large, that an undue proportion of the athletes who graduate from the preparatory schools enter Yale. Of course it may be said with some degree of truth that Yale's victories have been the cause of this preference on the part of young athletes, but certainly the converse argument applies with equal force...
...used to be said that a strong argument could be found in the intuition which men have of immortality. This is to give up scientific research and abandon ourselves to mystery...
...argument in favor of the all-club system is that under it all members of the association are on a footing of absolute equality. That such should be the case is the clear dictate of simple justice. In a new hall this would doubtless be true; but it does not on that account hold good in Memorial, where the present system has been developed...