Eclectic Magazine: Foreign Literature, Volume 54; Volume 117Leavitt, Throw and Company, 1891 |
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... true science lay in forcing the adversary to attack . Let him come on , and then one might fairly rely on victory . As Boguslawski observes - this concep- tion of tactics would paralyze the offensive , for how can an army advance if it ...
... true science lay in forcing the adversary to attack . Let him come on , and then one might fairly rely on victory . As Boguslawski observes - this concep- tion of tactics would paralyze the offensive , for how can an army advance if it ...
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... true as regarded French regulars the annals of every battle of the Franco - German war up to and in- cluding Sedan conclusively show . It is true , however , that the French nature is intolerant of inactivity , and in 1870 suffered ...
... true as regarded French regulars the annals of every battle of the Franco - German war up to and in- cluding Sedan conclusively show . It is true , however , that the French nature is intolerant of inactivity , and in 1870 suffered ...
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... true lovers of humanity which is always the same , whatever its age , whatever its language , whatever the many disguises which it has assumed in the different acts of the great drama of history . What charm is there in mere antiquity ...
... true lovers of humanity which is always the same , whatever its age , whatever its language , whatever the many disguises which it has assumed in the different acts of the great drama of history . What charm is there in mere antiquity ...
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... true . The historical traditions of China may reach back very far . But we must never forget the fact , which Chinese his- torians are very apt to forget , namely , the destruction of all ancient books by the Emperor Khin in 213 B.C. ...
... true . The historical traditions of China may reach back very far . But we must never forget the fact , which Chinese his- torians are very apt to forget , namely , the destruction of all ancient books by the Emperor Khin in 213 B.C. ...
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... true juventus mundi , lies far beyond us , far beyond the Greeks , far beyond Troy . And even when we have tracked the young Aryas to their common home in Asia , even then we find in their so - called Proto - Aryan speech words full of ...
... true juventus mundi , lies far beyond us , far beyond the Greeks , far beyond Troy . And even when we have tracked the young Aryas to their common home in Asia , even then we find in their so - called Proto - Aryan speech words full of ...
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