Word: conforming
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...contributions to the government which do not conform to the above rules are unscientific taxes and consequently their justice cannot be predicated. While it is true that no highly civilized community can exist without high taxation, it is not true on the other hand that hight axation implies a highly civilized community. Taxation is no more an evil than any other desirable form of expenditure, for taxes represent the investment of a certain part of the capital of a state. It is an evil when, through the injudicious management of the state, taxation is made the instrument for extorting money...
...European universities. But after which, English, French, or German? If there are three different types of universities abroad, why should there not be an American type? Harvard has certain functions to perform, and if they differ from those of a German university, Harvard ought not to be forced to conform to a German standard. Harvard aims to give her students culture in a broad sense, improve their moral character, and not merely offer them a chance to study as German universities do. As for our professors they must soon be given their true rank abroad as our university becomes better...