Word: selfishnesses
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...grave to be left for solution to the partisan. He has only one policy to consider-how to get votes. Neither the morals, the economics or the common sense of any proposition interest him except in so far as they may be employed to secure his selfish ends. To the Radical, Municipal Ownership is the remedy of all the abuses of popular sovereignty. To the Reactionary it is the victory of Socialism, a fatal blow at the rights of property. But there must be a middle course between these antagonistic positions and the consideration of this important and pressing issue...
...elections the men who are elected at large are broader and more impartial than those elected from districts. The latter are less capable, selfish and not representative of all the people. The primary elections are a step in the right direction, as they decrease the number of candidates so much that the records of each can be carefully looked up and laid before the voters at the final election...
...seem radical to advocate putting an end to the time-honored custom of throwing pennies for "Scrambling," and satisfying the appeals of numerous diminutive beggars. This custom, however, petty it may be, has many disadvantages and nothing in its favor. looking at it from a selfish point of view, it promotes a wholesale attack upon the small change of members of the University, until it has become Easter, in spite of convictions, to secure peace by yielding...
...shelves. Exactly the same thing occurred in the case of a prescribed book in Government 1 and there are many similar instances in the past. Surely, therefore, if the Union Library is to be of service to its members, some steps must be taken to prevent this selfish and obnoxious practice. We understand that the Library Committee are very eager to get suggestions from members, and we take this occasion to ask undergraduates to give some thought to a solution of this disgraceful and annoying situation...
...duty; his duty both to the nation and to himself. Each man should feel that, if he fails in this, he is not only failing in his duty, but is showing himself in a contemptible light. A man may neglect his political duties because he is too lazy, too selfish, too shortsighted, or too timid; but whatever the reason may be it is certainly an unworthy reason, and it shows either a weakness or worse than a weakness in the man's character. Above all, you college men, remember that if your education, the pleasant lives you lead, make...