(3) Many of them are much more intelligent than some men who vote.
_B._ Write out briefs for the following propositions (affirmative or
negative):--
1. High school studies should be made elective in the last two years of
the course.
2. The government should own and control the railroads of our country.
3. The old building on the corner of ---- Street ought to be removed.
4. Latin should not be made a compulsory study.
5. Reading newspapers is unprofitable.
6. Laws should be made to prohibit all adulteration of foods.
7. We are all selfish.
8. A system of self-government should be introduced into our school.
+Theme CIV.+--_Write out the argument for one of the
preceding propositions._
(Examine the brief carefully before beginning to write.
Can you improve it? )
+Theme CV.+--_Write a theme proving one of the following propositions:_--
1. Immigration is detrimental to the United States.
2. The descriptions in _Ivanhoe_ are better than those in the _House of
the Seven Gables_.
3. Argument is of greater practical value than exposition.
4. The Mexican Indians were a civilized race when America was discovered.
5. The standing army of the United States should be increased.
6. All police officers should be controlled by the state and not by the
city.
(Have you used arguments from cause, sign, or example? Are they arranged
with reference to the principles of arrangement? (Section 192.
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