...any man should forever sever his chances of election. In onr beloved fraternity, above all things, the office should seek the man, and not the man the office. We think it would greatly subserve the interest of the fraternity to have the general catalogue published...

...seem severe. But remembering that in the domain of morals and of Freemasonry it is an accepted maxim that ' the office should seek the man and not the man the office,' considering how inevitable is the tendency of rival candidacy to produce dissension and discord among...

...welfare, forget the principle of the greatest good to the greatest number. They reverse the theory that the office should seek the ' man, and not the man the office. They propose to build up an office-holding class with all its attendant evils. They propose to compel...

...unanimously extended to him. It was a recognition on the part of the boys generally that true merit required that the office should seek the man and not the man the office. That is why this honor was thrust upon Heinie four thousand miles away while he was unconscious of...

...candidate because he wishes it himself. Whether he wishes it or not is a matter of absolutely no moment. That the office should seek the man, and not the man the office, is one of those silly saws that pass for wisdom with the unthinking, but whose only practical effect...

...obvious. Judges should not be elected and should hold office during "good behavior." The general principle that the "office should seek the man and not the man the office,'"" should apply to judges as well as to other officers. There is no question but that we need the highest...

...got a right to put on style we have." " Yes, sir," said the politician to the caucus manipulator, " the office should seek the man and not the man the office." " Exactly," answered the cm " But in this case when the office starts out to seek the man " " Yes,...

...the least alter the fact. The old — and, one may almost say, no longer respectable — aphorism, " The office should seek the man, and not the man the office," has recently been amended by the statement that the office which is compelled to seek the man is usually...

...involved, whose infringement some time may be detrimental. It is a maxim that for the highest efficiency the office should seek the man, and not the man the office, and our usage is manifestly in contrariety to that principle. The institution which offers a position...

...for only a few moments. A distinguished ex-President of the United States said that in public life the office should seek the man and not the man the office. I think those who have heard that sentiment have felt that, so far as public life was concerned, it...