Palace of CrystalCurrent affairs and peace politics: the dangers of charismatic leaders to democracy and the peace of the world, and how peace might be achieved for the longer term. |
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... British Red Cross (£4 million), as individuals give what they can from their private savings. The British reaction was repeated all over the world. In America, as we have noted above, the administration pledged $15 million, then raised ...
... British Red Cross (£4 million), as individuals give what they can from their private savings. The British reaction was repeated all over the world. In America, as we have noted above, the administration pledged $15 million, then raised ...
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... British soldier noticed the boy, and determined to help by raising the money needed to take the child to Britain for corrective surgery. He first approached the major of his regiment, who immediately gave his support to the project. A ...
... British soldier noticed the boy, and determined to help by raising the money needed to take the child to Britain for corrective surgery. He first approached the major of his regiment, who immediately gave his support to the project. A ...
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... British example being typical. 'A French bastard landing with an armed banditti, and establishing himself king of England against the consent of the natives, is in plain terms a very paltry, rascally original.'1 The victorious chiefs ...
... British example being typical. 'A French bastard landing with an armed banditti, and establishing himself king of England against the consent of the natives, is in plain terms a very paltry, rascally original.'1 The victorious chiefs ...
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... approval. Whether outright monarchies or imperfect democracies, the feeling of government was the same – an imposition from above designed to keep citizens in order. 'With respect to the [British] House of Commons, it is.
... approval. Whether outright monarchies or imperfect democracies, the feeling of government was the same – an imposition from above designed to keep citizens in order. 'With respect to the [British] House of Commons, it is.
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Harry Davis. 'With respect to the [British] House of Commons, it is elected but by a small part of the Nation; but were the election as universal as taxation, which it ought to be, it would still be only the organ of the Nation, and ...
Harry Davis. 'With respect to the [British] House of Commons, it is elected but by a small part of the Nation; but were the election as universal as taxation, which it ought to be, it would still be only the organ of the Nation, and ...
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