The North American Review, Volume 170, Issues 4-6O. Everett, 1900 |
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Page 451
... lives is the result of the situation created by Germany's victories and by her conquest of the two provinces which she took from us . As Germany wished to retain these two provinces she was obliged to keep herself strongly armed ; and ...
... lives is the result of the situation created by Germany's victories and by her conquest of the two provinces which she took from us . As Germany wished to retain these two provinces she was obliged to keep herself strongly armed ; and ...
Page 452
... live . The opinion is an intelligent one : the existing situation is indeed awful , and may , in the near future , lead to catastrophe . I therefore consider the Conference of The Hague important , since it called forth a mo- mentous ...
... live . The opinion is an intelligent one : the existing situation is indeed awful , and may , in the near future , lead to catastrophe . I therefore consider the Conference of The Hague important , since it called forth a mo- mentous ...
Page 456
... live without slaves , and the hue and cry arose : " By what can you replace them ? How live without them ? " And when slavery was superseded by paid labor , a new state of things was created , even empires being carried away . And ...
... live without slaves , and the hue and cry arose : " By what can you replace them ? How live without them ? " And when slavery was superseded by paid labor , a new state of things was created , even empires being carried away . And ...
Page 457
... in which for several years past we have been writhing , is the antagonism existing between the publican institutions of a democracy , and the support of an im- mense standing army . It seems impossible thus to live WAR . 457.
... in which for several years past we have been writhing , is the antagonism existing between the publican institutions of a democracy , and the support of an im- mense standing army . It seems impossible thus to live WAR . 457.
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mense standing army . It seems impossible thus to live . On the one hand there is the strict discipline exacted of the nation , for in our land the nation is the army ; and , on the other hand , the liberty allowed the citizen , the ...
mense standing army . It seems impossible thus to live . On the one hand there is the strict discipline exacted of the nation , for in our land the nation is the army ; and , on the other hand , the liberty allowed the citizen , the ...
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