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As that government admits that an actual application of an adequate force , is ne . cessary to the existence of a legal blockade , and it was notorious , that if such a force had ever # " been applied , its long discontinuance had ...
As that government admits that an actual application of an adequate force , is ne . cessary to the existence of a legal blockade , and it was notorious , that if such a force had ever # " been applied , its long discontinuance had ...
Page 117
It is not merely unwise , it is contemptible , for a nation , as for an individual , to use high - sounding language to proclaim its purposes , or to take positions which are ridiculous if unsupported by potential force , and then to ...
It is not merely unwise , it is contemptible , for a nation , as for an individual , to use high - sounding language to proclaim its purposes , or to take positions which are ridiculous if unsupported by potential force , and then to ...
Page 134
... not obedience , but veritable bondage , exploiting those who were weak for the benefit of those who were masters and overlords only by force of arms . There could be no peace until the whole order of central Europe was set right .
... not obedience , but veritable bondage , exploiting those who were weak for the benefit of those who were masters and overlords only by force of arms . There could be no peace until the whole order of central Europe was set right .
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Bibliographic information
| Title | 12 Americans Speak |
| Editor | John Edwin Pomfret |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Huntington Library, 1954 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 24 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 183 pages |
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