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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fication of the treaty . " Deferring to his wishes , the President's supporters voted against the treaty with reservations and , with the aid of the irreconcilables who wanted no league at all , defeated it .
fication of the treaty . " Deferring to his wishes , the President's supporters voted against the treaty with reservations and , with the aid of the irreconcilables who wanted no league at all , defeated it .
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I have per- ceived more and more that men have been busy creating an absolutely false impression of what the treaty of peace and the Covenant of the League of Nations contain and mean . I find , moreover , that there is an organized ...
I have per- ceived more and more that men have been busy creating an absolutely false impression of what the treaty of peace and the Covenant of the League of Nations contain and mean . I find , moreover , that there is an organized ...
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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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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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