Word: honorum
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...States to have no political turnover in federal jobs every four years. Prominent educators in this country have often publicly lamented the need for a comprehensive civil service, similar to that of England. This bill, if passed, will set up an institution that will rival the traditional British "Cursus Honorum", Eton and Oxford, since it will create a class of public servants, as independent and as distinct as our present Army and Navy...
...aviators, on the other hand, have progressed by rhythmic steps to perfection. First three men, then two men, then one man, flew across the Atlantic, and Miss Earhart capitulated to the obvious with a solo excursion. Evidently the same gradus honorum will be observed in world flights. But there is an important difference. Mr. Brody relinquished the front pages on his third attempt, and even the barrelleers were only good for five. When naivete has followed in the exodus of the earlier colonial virtues, possibly witless aeroplane maneouvers will join their predecessors in silence, and the native yen for high...
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