Landmarks of Liberty: The Growth of American Political Ideals as Recorded in Speeches from Otis to Hughes, Ed. with Introduction and Notes |
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... Austria , and Russia . France de- veloped a republican form of government , and her people like the people of England decided for them- selves how they were to be ruled . In Germany , on the other hand , a Prussian military clique ...
... Austria , and Russia . France de- veloped a republican form of government , and her people like the people of England decided for them- selves how they were to be ruled . In Germany , on the other hand , a Prussian military clique ...
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... Austria , Bulgaria , and Turkey , and Persia , and India . In 1914 the Kiel naval canal connecting the North Sea and the Baltic was completed . The Great Army bill of 1913 had brought the army to an unprecedented size , and it had been ...
... Austria , Bulgaria , and Turkey , and Persia , and India . In 1914 the Kiel naval canal connecting the North Sea and the Baltic was completed . The Great Army bill of 1913 had brought the army to an unprecedented size , and it had been ...
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... Austria seemed to be convinced that Servia had planned the assassination because of her objection to Austria's con- trol of Bosnia and other Serb provinces . On July 23 , 1914 , Austria sent Servia an insulting ultimatum . Servia ...
... Austria seemed to be convinced that Servia had planned the assassination because of her objection to Austria's con- trol of Bosnia and other Serb provinces . On July 23 , 1914 , Austria sent Servia an insulting ultimatum . Servia ...
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... Austria were parties , and we should have seen at the instance and by the action of two of these guaranteeing powers her neutrality violated , her inde- pendence strangled , her territory made use of as affording the easiest and the ...
... Austria were parties , and we should have seen at the instance and by the action of two of these guaranteeing powers her neutrality violated , her inde- pendence strangled , her territory made use of as affording the easiest and the ...
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... Austria delivered her ultimatum to Servia , that our foreign secretary put forward the proposal for a mediating conference between the four powers who were not directly concerned - Ger- many , France , Italy , and ourselves . If that ...
... Austria delivered her ultimatum to Servia , that our foreign secretary put forward the proposal for a mediating conference between the four powers who were not directly concerned - Ger- many , France , Italy , and ourselves . If that ...
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