The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 228A. Constable, 1918 |
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... true of Germany and of Germany only . The whole argument might be headed , Why Germany went to War . ' The cause is not capitalism in general but German capitalism in particular , coupled with political imperialism . The Germans wanted ...
... true of Germany and of Germany only . The whole argument might be headed , Why Germany went to War . ' The cause is not capitalism in general but German capitalism in particular , coupled with political imperialism . The Germans wanted ...
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... the principle of small nationalities carried out would be reactionary not revolutionary . ' The true ideal is self - government within a larger unit · without regard to historical or other boundaries - a ΙΟ Ju GERMANISM , WAR AND PEACE.
... the principle of small nationalities carried out would be reactionary not revolutionary . ' The true ideal is self - government within a larger unit · without regard to historical or other boundaries - a ΙΟ Ju GERMANISM , WAR AND PEACE.
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... true international , which is at present a mere idea , ' is to bring all the smaller States of Europe under the sole rule of the Central Powers ( otherwise Germany ) -a very pretty argument which may be commended to the Independent ...
... true international , which is at present a mere idea , ' is to bring all the smaller States of Europe under the sole rule of the Central Powers ( otherwise Germany ) -a very pretty argument which may be commended to the Independent ...
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... true that none has devoted so much special pleading to it , but one would have thought that the Belgian and French had been more deeply convulsed , and they have examined the problem too , though their case is a good deal simpler ...
... true that none has devoted so much special pleading to it , but one would have thought that the Belgian and French had been more deeply convulsed , and they have examined the problem too , though their case is a good deal simpler ...
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... true German delicacy at the beginning of the war . Dr. Koster informed the Belgian comrades that it was all their fault ; they had only to let the Germans pass and they would have gained numerous advantages . Besides , everyone has ...
... true German delicacy at the beginning of the war . Dr. Koster informed the Belgian comrades that it was all their fault ; they had only to let the Germans pass and they would have gained numerous advantages . Besides , everyone has ...
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Page 114 - We are the Pilgrims, master ; we shall go Always a little further : it may be Beyond that last blue mountain barred with snow, Across that angry or that glimmering sea...
Page 116 - Quinquireme of Nineveh from distant Ophir, Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine, With a cargo of ivory, And apes and peacocks, Sandalwood, cedarwood, and sweet white wine. Stately Spanish galleon coming from the Isthmus, Dipping through the Tropics by the palm-green shores, With a cargo of diamonds, Emeralds, amethysts, Topazes, and cinnamon, and gold moidores.
Page 281 - Those two fat volumes, with which it is our custom to commemorate the dead — who does not know them, with their ill-digested masses of material, their slipshod style, their tone of tedious panegyric, their lamentable lack of selection, of detachment of design?
Page 318 - I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm : So help me God.
Page 120 - They that go down to the sea in ships, That do business in great waters ; These see the works of the Lord, And his wonders in the deep.
Page 320 - Majesty's dominions and countries, and that the pope, neither of himself nor by any authority of the Church or See of Rome, or by any other means with any other, hath any power or authority to depose the king, or to dispose...
Page 111 - Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows ; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho...
Page 222 - The peoples of Austria-Hungary, whose place among the nations we wish to see safeguarded and assured, should be accorded the freest opportunity of autonomous development.
Page 223 - The creation of a united and independent Polish State with free access to the sea constitutes one of the conditions of a solid and just peace, and of the rule of right in Europe.
Page 116 - Dirty British coaster with a salt-caked smoke stack, Butting through the Channel in the mad March days, With a cargo of Tyne coal, Road-rails, pig-lead, Firewood, iron-ware, and cheap tin trays.