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... possible such a reasoned coördination of human affairs as has never hitherto been conceivable , and that , on the other , they so enlarge and intensify the scope and evil of war and of international hostility as to give what was ...
... possible such a reasoned coördination of human affairs as has never hitherto been conceivable , and that , on the other , they so enlarge and intensify the scope and evil of war and of international hostility as to give what was ...
Page 7
... possible . The art of printing from movable types released new powers of suggestion , docu- mentation , and criticism , which shattered the old religious or- ganization of Christendom , made the systematic investigations and records of ...
... possible . The art of printing from movable types released new powers of suggestion , docu- mentation , and criticism , which shattered the old religious or- ganization of Christendom , made the systematic investigations and records of ...
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... possible vividness of mental impact . In education and in the agencies of journalism and propaganda , there has been an increase of power at present incalculable , ow- ing to vast strides in the printing of pictures , and to the cinema ...
... possible vividness of mental impact . In education and in the agencies of journalism and propaganda , there has been an increase of power at present incalculable , ow- ing to vast strides in the printing of pictures , and to the cinema ...
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... possible for nations to be well armed by the standards of the time and yet to remain vigorous and healthy communities and to wage successful , and even unsuccessful , wars without ex- haustion . To take a primitive example , it was possible ...
... possible for nations to be well armed by the standards of the time and yet to remain vigorous and healthy communities and to wage successful , and even unsuccessful , wars without ex- haustion . To take a primitive example , it was possible ...
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... possible , it is now imperative , not only that the air force of a country should be kept always in striking condition , but that the whole vast organ- ization of coastal and frontier anti - aircraft defenses should be equally ready ...
... possible , it is now imperative , not only that the air force of a country should be kept always in striking condition , but that the whole vast organ- ization of coastal and frontier anti - aircraft defenses should be equally ready ...
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