Word: systemize
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...standing in his class is lower than some others who apply for aid. In conclusion it may be said that it would be far better for those who think they have ground for complaint to find out whether it is a just one or not before they disparage a system which has been shaped by the long experience of thoughtful...
...Whatever may be said of Harvard's tendency to neglect study for the encouragement of athletics, her system of deturs, prizes, scholarships and final honors has by stimulation to overwork caused the death of many a promising student. I was graduated from Harvard nine years ago, and know whereof I speak. The sudden insanity of one of the most promising of recent graduates recalls painful memories of that forcing system which has so long been in vogue at my own university. The leader of my class shortly after entering upon his sophomore work died of brain fever. The brightest light...
...United States pension system will be a more burdensome evil than the standing armies of Europe.- 2. Actual sufferers have been sufficiently recompensed.- 3. Proposed legislation is extravagant and wasteful.- 4. It is impossible to estimate how much will be needed to meet the demands of this bill: Nation, 44, p. 92; President's veto of Feb. 14, 1887; Public Opinion...
Resolved, That the English system of balloting should be introduced into this country...
...large number of duties have been materially lessened. England is constantly pointed out to us as an example of a country whose prosperity is due to free trade, but even England employs protection when it is for her interest to do so. Look at her system of subsidizing her shipping. Up to 1885 she had already paid $273.563,000 in protecting and developing her commerce by means of mail subsidies. It is said that the present tariff needs reform, that it is full of inequalities and abominations. No man would do other than support any measure-whether specific legislation...