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...Channing expressed no sympathy for the Boers. They were fighting not for independence, but for the right to oppress the Anglo-Saxons living in the Transvaal. The promise of naturalization was illusory and hedged round with so many restrictions that the Transvaal government could at any time make it invalid...
...Yale infirmary, which has accommodations for twelve students, is more of an invalid club than a hospital, and is under the charge of President and Mrs. Dwight, from whom students must get cards of admission. A matron is the resident head but there are no resident nurses. In case a student is very ill, a trained nurse is obtained at his expense. Students also pay their own doctor's fees and $7 a week for board during their residence in the infirmary. There is no provision for contagious cases. The infirmary building is very attractive and has, on the ground...
...Failure of Confederation proves it. (b) To cope with other nations in diplomacy, Government must act swiftly and firmly. (c) Dangers of so-called paternalism comparatively slight. (x) Educational value of local self-government may be otherwise obtained. (y) Claim that detorioration of local politics is due to parternalism invalid. (y) Development of machine politics and industrial and commercial expansion have been at least equally effective. (d) There is slight danger of centralized despotism. (x) Checks and balances of our Const. will prevent it. (e) Greatest danger our country has confronted was one of disunion. (f) There is distinct danger...
...objection to Carlisle's Plan are not vital. - (a) Based largely on invalid analogy. - (1) State banks. - (b) Relate mostly to details. - (c) More than counterbalanced by beneficial results. - (d) Any currency bill bound to be a compromise: N. Y. World, Dec. 19, 1894. - (1) Financial views of legislature vary so widely...
...their favorite horses is to feed them on chewing tobacco. Mr. John Fiske has an article in this number on Edward Augustus Freeman giving a sketch of his life and a brief study of his character. The most amusing article of the number is the "Diary of a Nervou Invalid" by E L. Bynner. Other noteworthy articles in this number are "George William Curtis and Civil Service Reform" by Sherman S. Rogers, and "Penelope's English Experiences" by Kate Douglas Wiggin. The only poetry of the number "To a Wild Rose Found in October" is a pretty little song with...