The Commission may refuse to certify an eligible who is so defective in sight, speech, or hearing, or who is otherwise so defective physically as to be apparently unfit to perform the duties of the position to which he is seeking appointment.
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I transmit herewith a treaty for the arbitration of all matters in difference between the United States and Great Britain.
To the Senate of the United States: In response to the resolution of the Senate of February 4, 1897, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State.
It is nevertheless confidently believed that the treaty can not fail to be everywhere recognized as making a long step in the right direction.
The experiment of substituting civilized methods for brute force as the means of settling international questions of right will thus be tried under the happiest auspices.
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