 Map, frontispiece. she could become the entrepot of the commerce of all these countries, and obtain over them an immense preponderance ; for in politics, as in strategy, a central position always commands the circumference. This is what the proud city...  The Past and the Present - Page 39by Samuel Bulkley Ruggles - 1864 - 45 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Scotland Church of - 1853 - 804 pages
...the Indies — dictating her own terms to the commerce of Greece, France, Italy, Spain, and Egypt. This is what the proud city of Constantine could be,...the most fit to possess uselessly a great empire.' " To occupy this commanding position is the present object of Russia, and doubtless with an ulterior... | |
 | Blanchard Jerrold - France - 1875 - 586 pages
...to the Indies, dictating her own terms to the commerce of Greece, France, Italy, Spain, and Egypt. This is what the proud city of Constantine could be,...that Turks should exist on earth, a people the most hi to possess uselessly a great empire." ' There exists in the New World a State as admirably situated... | |
 | United States - 1883 - 514 pages
...strategy, a central position always commands the circumference. This is what the proud city of Constantino could be, and this is what she is not, because, as...permitted that Turks should exist on earth, a people most fit to possess uselessly a great empire.' There exists in the New World a state as admirably situated... | |
 | Lindley Miller Keasbey - Monroe doctrine - 1896 - 662 pages
...Occupying, as she does, the central point between Europe, Asia, and Africa, 1 Cf, Map, frontispiece. she could become the entrepot of the commerce of all...permitted that Turks should exist on earth, a people most fit to possess uselessly a great empire.' There exists in the New World a state as admirably situated... | |
 | Lindley Miller Keasbey - Monroe doctrine - 1896 - 662 pages
...central point between Europe, Asia, and Africa, 1 Cf. Map, frontispiece. she could become the entrepSt of the commerce of all these countries, and obtain...permitted that Turks should exist on earth, a people most fit to possess uselessly a great empire.' There exists in the New World a state as admirably situated... | |
 | Willis Fletcher Johnson - Panama Canal (Panama) - 1906 - 560 pages
...position always commands the circumference. This is what the proud city of Constantine could be, but it is what she is not, because, as Montesquieu says, 'God permitted that the Turks should exist on earth, as a people most fit to possess uselessly a great empire.' There exists... | |
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