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... thesis if there was to be no common tribunal of opinion and judgment to which liberal statesmen could resort for the influences which alone might secure their redemption . A league of free nations had become a practical necessity .
... thesis if there was to be no common tribunal of opinion and judgment to which liberal statesmen could resort for the influences which alone might secure their redemption . A league of free nations had become a practical necessity .
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But at first I think there was a feeling among some of them that , while it must be attempted , the formation of such a league was perhaps a counsel of perfection which practical men , long experienced in the world of affairs ...
But at first I think there was a feeling among some of them that , while it must be attempted , the formation of such a league was perhaps a counsel of perfection which practical men , long experienced in the world of affairs ...
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The hard practical fact is that leadership in business must come through the sheer rise in ability and character . That rise can only take place in the free atmosphere of competition . Competition is closed by bureaucracy .
The hard practical fact is that leadership in business must come through the sheer rise in ability and character . That rise can only take place in the free atmosphere of competition . Competition is closed by bureaucracy .
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| 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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