The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 215A. Constable, 1912 |
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Page 194
... attempt to reach Peking — an abortive attempt it is true , but one that is not without interest . For this was avowedly a trading embassy to the Golden King with whose good help it was hoped to reach China , and for the first time . the ...
... attempt to reach Peking — an abortive attempt it is true , but one that is not without interest . For this was avowedly a trading embassy to the Golden King with whose good help it was hoped to reach China , and for the first time . the ...
Page 432
... attempt were made to expand this coalition into a uni- ' versal union ' and to base its action , not on the exigencies of circumstances as they arise , not on the particular joint interests recognised by all the parties to it , but on ...
... attempt were made to expand this coalition into a uni- ' versal union ' and to base its action , not on the exigencies of circumstances as they arise , not on the particular joint interests recognised by all the parties to it , but on ...
Page 433
... attempt , that is to say , to stereotype political systems with which , certainly in many cases , the people who live under them are not content . The attempt would be even less likely to succeed now , when the spirit of nationalism is ...
... attempt , that is to say , to stereotype political systems with which , certainly in many cases , the people who live under them are not content . The attempt would be even less likely to succeed now , when the spirit of nationalism is ...
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1 The Science of War By the late Colonel G F | 1 |
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