Word: consented
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...these nines is to play a game on Jarvis Field with the winning nine of the annual Andover-Exeter game. It is not yet surely known whether or not Andover and Exeter will enter into the scheme, but there is every reason to suppose that they will readily consent to form a part of the association. The Andover and Exeter men in college are enthusiastic over the plan, for it cannot but prove of great benefit both to Andover and to Exeter. The incentive given to both schools to put forth every effort in order to win the annual game...
...There is no political reason for interference. (a) The United States has refused to assume the protectorate alone, or to join with England and Germany in one.- Samoan Affairs, p. 31. (b) The three powers interested in Samoa have agreed not to change the status quo without general (consent.- Samoan Affairs, pp. 31, 35. (c) There can therefore be no question of a German protectorate without the consent of England and America...
...arguing that the first speaker had exaggerated the condition of the United States, and that we have nothing to gain by commercial union with Canada which we cannot now secure by reciprocity treaties. He thought it impossible for the United States to assimilate Canada successfully; that Canada will not consent to union except with the right of representation, and her quota of senators and representatives would hold the balance of power in all legislation...
...bicycle races. Twelve tug-of-ar teams have entered, including one from Yale. The four men have not yet been selected, but the most prominent candidates are Hanson, Crail, Veeder, Lane, and Lloyd. The secretary of the Union recently visited New Haven, and endeavored to secure the consent of the Yale eleven to play an exhibition game with Princeton, but the Yale management absolutely declined to consider the proposition...
...were born within us. The comparative right to rule by intrinsic merit is decided not by one man, but by the opinion of the majority of our fellow citizens, and the power of this majority is not that merely of the majority over the minority. It lies in the consent of all to the choice of the majority, with the proviso that that choice shall be frequently considered...