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... tions , is a choice between , on the one hand , a general agreement on the part of mankind to organize a permanent peace , and , on the other , a progressive development of the preparation for war and the means of conducting war which ...
... tions , is a choice between , on the one hand , a general agreement on the part of mankind to organize a permanent peace , and , on the other , a progressive development of the preparation for war and the means of conducting war which ...
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... tions fought with comparatively small armies , and often accepted defeat without having thrown anything like their ... tive peoples in general — and the same applies to all but the most civilized and sophisticated of modern states — are ...
... tions fought with comparatively small armies , and often accepted defeat without having thrown anything like their ... tive peoples in general — and the same applies to all but the most civilized and sophisticated of modern states — are ...
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... tions of mutual advantage- rules which all parties held it to be , on the whole , to their own interest to observe ... tional mercies and generosities which have brought about those rules of chivalry or scruples of religion which form ...
... tions of mutual advantage- rules which all parties held it to be , on the whole , to their own interest to observe ... tional mercies and generosities which have brought about those rules of chivalry or scruples of religion which form ...
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... tions . Indisputably there has been such a release and stimula- tion . But this is a question of proportion between benefits and losses . And all this stir , we argue , THE IDEA OF A LEAGUE OF NATIONS 31.
... tions . Indisputably there has been such a release and stimula- tion . But this is a question of proportion between benefits and losses . And all this stir , we argue , THE IDEA OF A LEAGUE OF NATIONS 31.
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