Word: stringent
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...character, his definite opinions and his positive utterance. On all who studied under him, he exercised a weighty influence. Whether they agreed with him or dissented, they soon shared his belief, that the subject taught connected itself with their higher interests. Urged on as they were by his stringent demands, his students felt his kindness, and enjoyed his lucid and ingenious speech. In him were combined the enthusiasm which rouses the sense of duty which ennobles, the wit which brightens, and the oddity which endears...
Question: "Resolved. That Congress ought to pass a stringent law refuting national elections...
DEBATE OF JANUARY 9. 1890.Question: "Resolved. That Congress ought to pass a stringent law regulating national elections...
...stringent national election law would purify our elections and secure a free and honest election.- New York Tribune, November 13, 1889; Speech of Henry Cabot Lodge in Congressional Record, vol. 20, pp. 2024-2025. Boston Journal, December...
...stringent national electoral law would be against the best interests of the country. It would violate the custom of our republican institutions. (a) by breaking down the principle of local self-control. (b) by tending toward too great centralization of popular government...