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... tribes and village communities scattered over wide areas to coalesce into vague and often very extensive ' nations , ' like the Scythians and Thra- cians , or to coöperate in ' amphictyonies , ' or federations , like the small peoples ...
... tribes and village communities scattered over wide areas to coalesce into vague and often very extensive ' nations , ' like the Scythians and Thra- cians , or to coöperate in ' amphictyonies , ' or federations , like the small peoples ...
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... tribe . A large part of the expansion of the Roman Empire , apart from its over - seas development , may be considered , for example , as a process of road - making and bridge - building . Even its trans- Mediterranean development was a ...
... tribe . A large part of the expansion of the Roman Empire , apart from its over - seas development , may be considered , for example , as a process of road - making and bridge - building . Even its trans- Mediterranean development was a ...
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... tribes , is natural enough to uneducated men ; but modern warfare , and still more the preparation for it , involves distresses , strains , and a continuity of base and narrow purpose , quite beyond the patience and interest of the ...
... tribes , is natural enough to uneducated men ; but modern warfare , and still more the preparation for it , involves distresses , strains , and a continuity of base and narrow purpose , quite beyond the patience and interest of the ...
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... tribe or a nation depend upon the fortunes of one or two selected champions was but a pious aspiration , which not even the King of France or the Pope of Rome could translate into practical politics . Though the nations may not , until ...
... tribe or a nation depend upon the fortunes of one or two selected champions was but a pious aspiration , which not even the King of France or the Pope of Rome could translate into practical politics . Though the nations may not , until ...
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... tribe will ever accept a defeat which it knows , or hopes , that it can repair . Effort , no doubt , will generally be proportioned to the real or fancied importance of the point at issue . If England had been unable to live without her ...
... tribe will ever accept a defeat which it knows , or hopes , that it can repair . Effort , no doubt , will generally be proportioned to the real or fancied importance of the point at issue . If England had been unable to live without her ...
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