Word: movement
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...practical outcome of the work of the commission. He first showed that the evils which civil service reform aimed to eradicate were no new thing, but the logical outcome of the world's progress. Thirteen years ago the first law was passed in relation to the reform movement. It sought to remove the higher offices from the control of the party spoilsmen. Since that time the idea has by degrees obtained a firmer footing, until today we have 55,000 positions open to men by competition. The speaker traced the reform in its various phases up to the present time...
...perhaps, the best exponent of the French philosophical movement which started in 1870. The three great characteristics of this school are: a strong love of life combined with a coolness of observing our surroundings; clearness combined with an idea of the unity of things; and a cautious sense of human fallibility in philosophic speculation combined with the willingness to run the risk of blundering. The one great feature of Guyau's speculation is his fearlessness. He does not immediately fear that he may be wrong but he "lets himself go" until he has reached his conclusion...
...Pierian Sodality is now rehearsing regularly in preparation for several concerts which will be given this spring. Among the new pieces which are being taken up are the overture to Auber's Fra Diavolo, and a movement from Haydn's "Surprise" Symphony...
...judges will be selected from prominent men identified with the civil service reform movement, who will pass upon the essays without knowledge of the writer's name or college...
...evening was Dobyn's summary. He said that the retirement of all the greenbacks was too sweeping a step. The present fiscal situation is perilous. But the danger, instead of being due to the principle of floating notes on a gold basis, comes from outside causes like the silver movement, which influence the ignorant public...