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... fact of the disappearance of any real limitation upon the overgrowth of war in human life . That unlimited overgrowth is the proba- bility which is driving more and more men to the study and ad- vocacy of this project of a League of ...
... fact of the disappearance of any real limitation upon the overgrowth of war in human life . That unlimited overgrowth is the proba- bility which is driving more and more men to the study and ad- vocacy of this project of a League of ...
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... fact the illimitable nature of war . They fall back upon the theory that the horrors of the Great War are due to a sort of accidental relapse into sav- agery on the part of the German people , and that future wars can and will be ...
... fact the illimitable nature of war . They fall back upon the theory that the horrors of the Great War are due to a sort of accidental relapse into sav- agery on the part of the German people , and that future wars can and will be ...
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... fact , a creation of the last fifty years , to have a central government supplied with exact information about all its resources in men , money , and material , and with means of organization 18 THE IDEA OF A LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
... fact , a creation of the last fifty years , to have a central government supplied with exact information about all its resources in men , money , and material , and with means of organization 18 THE IDEA OF A LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
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... fact for several days ; and there must have been vast islands of population in the country which , so far as their personal experience went , never knew . But that sort of thing has passed . - If we look into the history of warfare , we ...
... fact for several days ; and there must have been vast islands of population in the country which , so far as their personal experience went , never knew . But that sort of thing has passed . - If we look into the history of warfare , we ...
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... facts of human nature . Where the matter at stake is , or is conceived to be , of vital moment , no nation or tribe will ever accept a defeat which it knows , or hopes , that it can repair . Effort , no doubt , will generally be ...
... facts of human nature . Where the matter at stake is , or is conceived to be , of vital moment , no nation or tribe will ever accept a defeat which it knows , or hopes , that it can repair . Effort , no doubt , will generally be ...
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