The Purpose of the Nation in the Present War: An Essay. Read Before the Chitchat Club, San Francisco, July 1898Murdock Press, 1898 - 37 pages |
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... acquisition . By this purpose the United States acquired the gulf coast line between the Sabine and the west bank of the Mississippi River . This acquisition emphasized the commercial and political neces- sity for the further acquisition ...
... acquisition . By this purpose the United States acquired the gulf coast line between the Sabine and the west bank of the Mississippi River . This acquisition emphasized the commercial and political neces- sity for the further acquisition ...
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... acquisition of the Mississippi Valley and the Florida peninsula ; and the commercial and industrial considerations were strongly reinforced by the military and strategic necessities of the situation . The reasons which were deemed ...
... acquisition of the Mississippi Valley and the Florida peninsula ; and the commercial and industrial considerations were strongly reinforced by the military and strategic necessities of the situation . The reasons which were deemed ...
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... acquisition appears to have run on parallel lines . Each of these acquisitions related to con- tiguous territory and extended by natural expansion the national domain . The desirability of these acquisitions was concurred in by all the ...
... acquisition appears to have run on parallel lines . Each of these acquisitions related to con- tiguous territory and extended by natural expansion the national domain . The desirability of these acquisitions was concurred in by all the ...
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The Purpose of the Nation in the Present War: An Essay (Classic Reprint) William H. Mills No preview available - 2017 |
The Purpose of the Nation in the Present War: An Essay (Classic Reprint) William H. Mills No preview available - 2016 |
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