Word: rampantly
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Dates: during 1876-1876
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...society men, to be sure, would have no voice in the nominations, but in the elections their votes would be as powerful as any; and if they cast a solid vote they would make so formidable an opposition that the nominating bodies would have to regard their opinion. Rampant democrats may cry out that this is unfair, but they should remember that the societies differ widely in their scope, and that any student whose mind and whose manners fit him for admission to any one of them can obtain it by the exercise of a little tact...