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... to speak of as the Biological Objection . It is stated in various forms , and it peeps out and manifests itself in the expressed thoughts and activities of quite a number of people who do not 26 THE IDEA OF A LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
... to speak of as the Biological Objection . It is stated in various forms , and it peeps out and manifests itself in the expressed thoughts and activities of quite a number of people who do not 26 THE IDEA OF A LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
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... biological argument as an argument for the continuation of war as a method of human selection . It is falsely assumed , first , that modern war is a discriminatory process , selecting certain types as against certain other types ...
... biological argument as an argument for the continuation of war as a method of human selection . It is falsely assumed , first , that modern war is a discriminatory process , selecting certain types as against certain other types ...
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... biological strug- gle for existence is preferential reproduction ; whereas the modern war - process takes all the sturdier males to kill and be killed hap- hazard , while it sends all the more intelligent and energetic girls into ...
... biological strug- gle for existence is preferential reproduction ; whereas the modern war - process takes all the sturdier males to kill and be killed hap- hazard , while it sends all the more intelligent and energetic girls into ...
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... biological merits of village warfare manifestly began to disappear . The village marksman in his mud - tower now ... biologically good , but whether the tribes - can at all survive under it ; and weary officials 30 THE IDEA OF A LEAGUE ...
... biological merits of village warfare manifestly began to disappear . The village marksman in his mud - tower now ... biologically good , but whether the tribes - can at all survive under it ; and weary officials 30 THE IDEA OF A LEAGUE ...
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... biological critic says , ' Life is Conflict , ' we reply , without traversing his premises , that war , having ceased to be conflict in any discriminating sense , has become indiscrim- inate catastrophe , and that the selective ...
... biological critic says , ' Life is Conflict , ' we reply , without traversing his premises , that war , having ceased to be conflict in any discriminating sense , has become indiscrim- inate catastrophe , and that the selective ...
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