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... thought , and reappeared there , again and again . Hitherto , however , if only on account of the limitations of geo- graphical knowledge , the project has rarely been truly world- wide , though in some instances it has comprehended ...
... thought , and reappeared there , again and again . Hitherto , however , if only on account of the limitations of geo- graphical knowledge , the project has rarely been truly world- wide , though in some instances it has comprehended ...
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... thought was unprepared for them . Unprecedented advances in technical and scientific knowledge were occurring , and human cöoperation and the reaction of man upon man , not only in material , but also in mental things , was being made ...
... thought was unprepared for them . Unprecedented advances in technical and scientific knowledge were occurring , and human cöoperation and the reaction of man upon man , not only in material , but also in mental things , was being made ...
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... thought out . Primi- tive peoples in general — and the same applies to all but the most civilized and sophisticated of modern states — are guided in matters of war and peace more by their emotions than by their reason . They are lazy ...
... thought out . Primi- tive peoples in general — and the same applies to all but the most civilized and sophisticated of modern states — are guided in matters of war and peace more by their emotions than by their reason . They are lazy ...
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... thought and exertion rather than a deterrent . A man who has to leap on to a blanket from the story of a burning ... thoughts and activities of quite a number of people who do not 26 THE IDEA OF A LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
... thought and exertion rather than a deterrent . A man who has to leap on to a blanket from the story of a burning ... thoughts and activities of quite a number of people who do not 26 THE IDEA OF A LEAGUE OF NATIONS.
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... thought in their lives , that world- unity is ' against human nature . ' To substantiate these sweeping negatives , the objecter will adduce a heterogeneous collection of instances to show the confusions and contradictions of the human ...
... thought in their lives , that world- unity is ' against human nature . ' To substantiate these sweeping negatives , the objecter will adduce a heterogeneous collection of instances to show the confusions and contradictions of the human ...
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