The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal, Volume 243 |
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He becomes like the system in which he is brought up - rigid and crystalline . And remarkable as it may at first sight seem , this is because he is all his life riveted to a method of financial control which fails to recognize and use ...
He becomes like the system in which he is brought up - rigid and crystalline . And remarkable as it may at first sight seem , this is because he is all his life riveted to a method of financial control which fails to recognize and use ...
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In the meantime the demands for retrenchment had become more and more insistent . The old order were also becoming concerned for the security of their tenure . Somebody had to be sacrificed on the altar of economy , and the final ...
In the meantime the demands for retrenchment had become more and more insistent . The old order were also becoming concerned for the security of their tenure . Somebody had to be sacrificed on the altar of economy , and the final ...
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In the war , when rations were being improperly sold to the civil population , an order was issued to say that “ the ration did not become the property of the soldier until it was properly consumed . ” This is the legal aspect of the ...
In the war , when rations were being improperly sold to the civil population , an order was issued to say that “ the ration did not become the property of the soldier until it was properly consumed . ” This is the legal aspect of the ...
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... and how dangerous may become the risks taken by Western nations like Great Britain and France , who themselves train and equip large coloured armies to relieve the cost and strain of military service on their own white populations .
... and how dangerous may become the risks taken by Western nations like Great Britain and France , who themselves train and equip large coloured armies to relieve the cost and strain of military service on their own white populations .
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The franchise , for instance , conferred upon the negro in the Southern States after his emancipation from slavery at the cost of a protracted civil war , has long since become a mockery , because of the system of organized intimidation ...
The franchise , for instance , conferred upon the negro in the Southern States after his emancipation from slavery at the cost of a protracted civil war , has long since become a mockery , because of the system of organized intimidation ...
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