Word: deadweight
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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Moreover, men are only taken onto the Faculty of the University when they are too old to have that progressive spirit which is the foundation of healthy radicalism. This means that the institution becomes over-conservative," a deadweight .... around the necks of the American people." The student life also tends towards this ultra stand-patism. The sons of rich and influential families are too important in proportion to their innate worth...