THE IDEA OF A LEAGUE OF NATIONS. II' MANY people have said to themselves, like Jeannette in the touching old ballad, — If I were King of France, or, still better. Pope of Rome. I'd have no fighting men abroad, no weeping maids at home; All the world... The Idea of a League of Nations - Page 22by Herbert George Wells, Edward Grey Grey of Fallodon (Viscount), Lionel Curtis, William Archer, Henry Wickham Steed, Alfred Zimmern, John Alfred Spender, James Bryce Bryce (Viscount), Gilbert Murray - 1919 - 44 pagesFull view - About this book
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...merchant marine will cause many to think desirable and inevitable. THE IDEA OF A LEAGUE OF NATIONS. II' MANY people have said to themselves, like Jeannette...Pope of Rome could translate into practical politics. There is one theory, indeed, which, if we accept its initial postulate, would make limited warfare... | |
| John Wien Forney - Bookbinding - 1873 - 462 pages
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| Martin James Boon - South Africa - 1885 - 678 pages
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| American Friends' peace conference - Peace - 1902 - 520 pages
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| American essays - 1919 - 950 pages
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| American essays - 1919 - 902 pages
...people have said to themselves, like Jeannette in the touching old ballad, — If I were King of Prance, or, still better, Pope of Rome, I'd have no fighting...Pope of Rome could translate into practical politics. There is one theory, indeed, which, if we accept its initial postulate, would make limited warfare... | |
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