...eminently adapted to express the changing temper and purposes of the American people from age to age. THE presidency has been one thing at one time, another...office and with the circumstances that surrounded him. OUR new place in the affairs of the world has since that year of transformation (1898) kept the President...

...maintained a reasonably high level of ability and statesmanship, save for a lapse at one period. It has been "one thing at one time, another at another,...office and with the circumstances that surrounded him." 1 During the first thirty-five years of its existence the standard was high. No wonder men felt that...

...statesmanship, save for a lapse at one period. It has been "one thing at one time, another at another, dency. varying with the man who occupied the office and with the circumstances that surrounded him." l During the first thirty-five years of its existence the standard was up to the very highest expectations....

...thrown across its track. Living political constitutions must be Darwinian in structure and in practice. Fortunately, the definitions and prescriptions of...among its own people; when English precedents and tradition* were strongest; and when the men chosen for the office were men bred to leadership in a...

...thrown across its track. Living political constitutions must be Darwinian in structure and in practice. Fortunately, the definitions and prescriptions of...account must be given of the office during the period 1 789 to 1825. when the government was getting its footing both at home and abroad, struggling for...