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... whole of West- ern Christendom . It cannot be claimed that history shows any continuously pro- gressive movement of human affairs from a dispersed to a uni- fied condition . Rather , it tells a story of the oscillating action of ...
... whole of West- ern Christendom . It cannot be claimed that history shows any continuously pro- gressive movement of human affairs from a dispersed to a uni- fied condition . Rather , it tells a story of the oscillating action of ...
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... whole case for the League of Nations as it is here presented . It is a new case . It is argued here that these forces give us powers novel in history , and bring mankind face to face with dangers such as it has never confronted before ...
... whole case for the League of Nations as it is here presented . It is a new case . It is argued here that these forces give us powers novel in history , and bring mankind face to face with dangers such as it has never confronted before ...
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... whole of history could , indeed , be written as a drama of human nature reacting to invention . And we live to - day in a time of accelerated inventiveness and innovation , when a decade modifies the material of intercom- munication ...
... whole of history could , indeed , be written as a drama of human nature reacting to invention . And we live to - day in a time of accelerated inventiveness and innovation , when a decade modifies the material of intercom- munication ...
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... whole , so that it has been 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 ...
... whole , so that it has been 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 ...
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... whole vast organ- ization of coastal and frontier anti - aircraft defenses should be equally ready . Tens of thousands of men , most of them eco- nomically very valuable , will have to keep watch day and night , prepared at any moment ...
... whole vast organ- ization of coastal and frontier anti - aircraft defenses should be equally ready . Tens of thousands of men , most of them eco- nomically very valuable , will have to keep watch day and night , prepared at any moment ...
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