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Page 11
... impossible . It may be argued , perhaps , that during a peace- spell some portion of this material may be applied to civil air- transport ; but the manufacturers have made it abundantly clear that this project does not strike them as ...
... impossible . It may be argued , perhaps , that during a peace- spell some portion of this material may be applied to civil air- transport ; but the manufacturers have made it abundantly clear that this project does not strike them as ...
Page 12
... impossible to adumbrate the general nature of the catastrophe which threatens mankind if war - making goes on . Modern warfare is not congenial to the working masses anywhere . No doubt the primitive form of warfare , a murderous ...
... impossible to adumbrate the general nature of the catastrophe which threatens mankind if war - making goes on . Modern warfare is not congenial to the working masses anywhere . No doubt the primitive form of warfare , a murderous ...
Page 16
... impossible to prevent permanently the use of every possible device for injury , killing , and compulsion which human ingenuity can devise or science produce . Our main argument for a League of Nations rests on that . But there are ...
... impossible to prevent permanently the use of every possible device for injury , killing , and compulsion which human ingenuity can devise or science produce . Our main argument for a League of Nations rests on that . But there are ...
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... impossible to arm and clothe immense multitudes of men : before the days of McAdam and Stephenson , it was impossible to move such mul- titudes , and still more to keep them supplied with food and munitions . Again we find ourselves ...
... impossible to arm and clothe immense multitudes of men : before the days of McAdam and Stephenson , it was impossible to move such mul- titudes , and still more to keep them supplied with food and munitions . Again we find ourselves ...
Page 24
... impossible and inconsistent with human nature that , having ap- pealed to force , they should agree to exercise it only within lim- - - its , and accept impoverishment , humiliation , 24 THE IDEA OF A LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
... impossible and inconsistent with human nature that , having ap- pealed to force , they should agree to exercise it only within lim- - - its , and accept impoverishment , humiliation , 24 THE IDEA OF A LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
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