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... hostility as to give what was formerly a generous aspiration more and more of the aspect of an imperative necessity . Under the lurid illumination of the world - war , the idea of world - unification has passed rapidly from the sphere ...
... hostility as to give what was formerly a generous aspiration more and more of the aspect of an imperative necessity . Under the lurid illumination of the world - war , the idea of world - unification has passed rapidly from the sphere ...
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... hostility far more formidable than any soundly reasoned case against an organ- ized world - peace . The objection from prepossession is necessarily protean : it takes various forms because men's preposessions are various ; but ' There ...
... hostility far more formidable than any soundly reasoned case against an organ- ized world - peace . The objection from prepossession is necessarily protean : it takes various forms because men's preposessions are various ; but ' There ...
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... hostility we can ascend to much more reasoned and acceptable forms of preposses- sion , which must be met with a greater respect . Most human beings are ' patriotic . ' They have a pride , quite passionate in quality , in the race or ...
... hostility we can ascend to much more reasoned and acceptable forms of preposses- sion , which must be met with a greater respect . Most human beings are ' patriotic . ' They have a pride , quite passionate in quality , in the race or ...
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