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... possible these ideals to which we , at least , are committed , and to seek to win for them , in this country , a universal and hearty allegiance . To break with them would be to plunge into chaos ; we must grow in the line of our past ...
... possible these ideals to which we , at least , are committed , and to seek to win for them , in this country , a universal and hearty allegiance . To break with them would be to plunge into chaos ; we must grow in the line of our past ...
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... possible advantages for them of American rule . It is true that we paid twenty million dollars to Spain for the Islands , besides the cost of the war . And since then our government has expended over three hundred million 14 LIBERTY.
... possible advantages for them of American rule . It is true that we paid twenty million dollars to Spain for the Islands , besides the cost of the war . And since then our government has expended over three hundred million 14 LIBERTY.
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... possible doubt that Americans will loyally maintain in every case their right to national independence . It may , indeed , be asked why , believing as we do in self - determination , the North refused to the South the right to secede ...
... possible doubt that Americans will loyally maintain in every case their right to national independence . It may , indeed , be asked why , believing as we do in self - determination , the North refused to the South the right to secede ...
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... possible if it had stood on its own feet . Indeed , where agitation arises for political independence it is usually because of violations of the civil liberties of the people . So it was in the case of America . The civil rights which ...
... possible if it had stood on its own feet . Indeed , where agitation arises for political independence it is usually because of violations of the civil liberties of the people . So it was in the case of America . The civil rights which ...
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... possible scope for private initiative . As Professor Mecklin says , " The measure of an efficient government at the beginning of the na- tional life was the least possible interference with the affairs of the individual , in fact , just ...
... possible scope for private initiative . As Professor Mecklin says , " The measure of an efficient government at the beginning of the na- tional life was the least possible interference with the affairs of the individual , in fact , just ...
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