Word: parliaments
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...obstructing would be too great to be passed over by them, and time and temper would be wasted by those who insist on the fine points of Cushing's "Manual." A glance at the working of even such well-ordered legislatures as the United States Congress or the British Parliament will show how much that is disagreeable can be carried on in them, even under strictly constitutional rules. The Harvard Union was organized to give a chance for Debate to those who are interested in subjects of political and contemporary importance, and it has thus far fulfilled its object successfully...