Contemporary Forum: American Speeches on Twentieth-century IssuesCompanion volume to "American forum - speeches on historic issues, 1788-1900". American speeches on twentieth-century issues. |
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There is to me no distinction whatever in a treaty between what some persons are pleased to call legal and moral obligations . A treaty rests and must rest , except where it is imposed under duress and securities and hostages are taken ...
There is to me no distinction whatever in a treaty between what some persons are pleased to call legal and moral obligations . A treaty rests and must rest , except where it is imposed under duress and securities and hostages are taken ...
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Reject this treaty , impair it , and this is the consequence to the laboring men of the world , that there is no international tribunal which can bring the moral judgments of the world to bear upon the great labor questions of the day .
Reject this treaty , impair it , and this is the consequence to the laboring men of the world , that there is no international tribunal which can bring the moral judgments of the world to bear upon the great labor questions of the day .
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In his own aphorism , " Only a people who can achieve the moral mastery of themselves can hope to win the moral leadership of others . " Our suc- cess in coping with this revolutionary age depends on whether we view democ- racy " as a ...
In his own aphorism , " Only a people who can achieve the moral mastery of themselves can hope to win the moral leadership of others . " Our suc- cess in coping with this revolutionary age depends on whether we view democ- racy " as a ...
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Contents
THE PROGRESSIVE ERA | 3 |
THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS DEBATE | 51 |
MODERNISM VS FUNDAMENTALISM IN RELIGION | 87 |
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| Title | Contemporary Forum: American Speeches on Twentieth-century Issues |
| Author | Ernest J. Wrage |
| Editors | Ernest J. Wrage, Barnet Baskerville |
| Publisher | Harper, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 26 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 376 pages |
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