Need for change greater than disagreement over details

Here's a pithy statement from Tasmania a hundred years ago: "It is to be noted in conclusion that the differences described in this paper between the various systems and the various quotas are only minor matters, though important in deciding between the various methods of securing proportional representation, and the discussion of them should not be allowed to distract attention from the substantial advantages that any system of PR has over any non-proportional system." from Piesse, "The Theory of the Quota in PR", Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania, 1912 https://books.google.ca/books?id=pUItAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA54&lpg=PA54&dq=R.M.+johnston+observations+on+the+working+results&source=bl&ots=PnoeVGAgyl&sig=ACfU3U23yRXnoiGsr3vC3jp8f_iP4RX10w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiLzYKLi4T4AhXNnI4IHXmrC4AQ6AF6BAgPEAM#v=onepage&q=R.M.%20johnston%20observations%20on%20the%20working%20results&f=false Of course, Piesse was relishing in the feeling of having achieved PR for election of members of the Tasmania Assembly even back in 1912. Maybe someday we will share that feeling...