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Page 14
... sort of League of Nations project realized in a very dif- ferent form and spirit indeed from that League of Everyman , but still realized , as the dictated peace of a subjugated world , rather after the pattern of the Roman Empire ...
... sort of League of Nations project realized in a very dif- ferent form and spirit indeed from that League of Everyman , but still realized , as the dictated peace of a subjugated world , rather after the pattern of the Roman Empire ...
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... sort of accidental relapse into sav- agery on the part of the German people , and that future wars can and will be conducted under restrictions imposed by humanity and chivalry . They believe that war can become a conventional Ordeal by ...
... sort of accidental relapse into sav- agery on the part of the German people , and that future wars can and will be conducted under restrictions imposed by humanity and chivalry . They believe that war can become a conventional Ordeal by ...
Page 19
... sort of thing has passed . - If we look into the history of warfare , we find that it has com- pleted a cycle and is now returning to its starting - point . A nomadic horde of the barbarous ages was ' a nation in arms ' in the full ...
... sort of thing has passed . - If we look into the history of warfare , we find that it has com- pleted a cycle and is now returning to its starting - point . A nomadic horde of the barbarous ages was ' a nation in arms ' in the full ...
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... sort of mythological monster which , if left to itself , will periodically reemerge from hell , to devour the whole youth and the whole wealth of civilized man- kind . It is useless to dream of clipping the wings or paring the claws of ...
... sort of mythological monster which , if left to itself , will periodically reemerge from hell , to devour the whole youth and the whole wealth of civilized man- kind . It is useless to dream of clipping the wings or paring the claws of ...
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... sort and type of humanity should expand and increase without limit in a small world of restricted resources . It is , in fact , absurd . It is an im- possible attempt to arrest and stereoptype a transient phase of human life . It is ...
... sort and type of humanity should expand and increase without limit in a small world of restricted resources . It is , in fact , absurd . It is an im- possible attempt to arrest and stereoptype a transient phase of human life . It is ...
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