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Review of Reviews-"Railroad Rates and the Flaw of Our Foreign Trade...
...besides the necessary twenty-seven, went to bat during the entire game. This effective pitching, moreover, was supported by almost perfect play in the field. The only error was made b Matthews in the ninth inning on a very difficult chance. Otherwise, all the men played without a flaw, and showed both the speed and accuracy which has been of late so largely wanting. The most encouraging feature of the game, however, was the batting, which was more consistent and more timely than in any previous game. Against a pitcher of considerably more than average ability, the nine aggregated thirteen...
...recent vote of the Administrative Board, imposing a heavy punishment on any man found guilty of handing in written work not his own, emphasizes a very serious flaw in our college morals. It is of course inevitable that there should be a few men in an institution as large as Harvard who will be dishonorable enough to cheat or hand in work not their own. But these offences against truthfulness and honor are not confined to a few, and the undergraduate sentiment concerning them is not sufficiently condemnatory. Why this vital defect in the college morals should exist is hard...
...closing, he asked the next speaker on the affirmative to find some flaw in the workings of the system proposed by the negative and to show also some way in which the convertible legal tenders differ from specie, except that they are more convenient. "Unless he does this," asked Warren, "how can he prove that all the legal tender notes should be retired...
...Sandys. He makes some very sensible remarks on the folly of using cheap guns. They may wear well enough for a time and if you are fortunate you may get one that will shoot well, but you must always run the risk of getting one with a flaw in it, and at the same time take the chances that it will explode...