The North American Review, Volume 170, Issues 4-6O. Everett, 1900 |
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Page 451
... increasing national expenses , and , since 1870 , the war budgets of European nations have con- sumed millions . This state of affairs has begotten a peculiar social and political condition which threatens precipitate ruin . Business is ...
... increasing national expenses , and , since 1870 , the war budgets of European nations have con- sumed millions . This state of affairs has begotten a peculiar social and political condition which threatens precipitate ruin . Business is ...
Page 463
... increasing uneasi- ness which is pushing to extremes the dread of war , is goading nations on to self - destruction , forcing them to make extravagant preparations for war in the hope that they will never again have to fight . The ...
... increasing uneasi- ness which is pushing to extremes the dread of war , is goading nations on to self - destruction , forcing them to make extravagant preparations for war in the hope that they will never again have to fight . The ...
Page 477
... increasing our exhibit area by 15,000 square feet . Similar conditions as to lack of space arose in other quarters as well , and each time additional grants of land were obtained from the French authorities on the Champ de Mars near the ...
... increasing our exhibit area by 15,000 square feet . Similar conditions as to lack of space arose in other quarters as well , and each time additional grants of land were obtained from the French authorities on the Champ de Mars near the ...
Page 491
... increased from less than $ 150,000 a year to more than $ 6,000,000 . The cruelty of the Boer Government could be proved in a hundred ways ; but two or three examples must suffice . Pretexts were easily found for repeated onslaughts upon ...
... increased from less than $ 150,000 a year to more than $ 6,000,000 . The cruelty of the Boer Government could be proved in a hundred ways ; but two or three examples must suffice . Pretexts were easily found for repeated onslaughts upon ...
Page 526
... increase the profits of gold mining from fifteen to forty - five per cent . Besides , the working classes have begun to doubt the " markets " policy of Mr. Chamberlain , and well they may . As the Financial Reformer showed some few ...
... increase the profits of gold mining from fifteen to forty - five per cent . Besides , the working classes have begun to doubt the " markets " policy of Mr. Chamberlain , and well they may . As the Financial Reformer showed some few ...
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