The Chautauquan: Organ of the Chautauqua Literary and Scientific Circle, Volumes 57-58M. Bailey, 1909 |
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... position has been vigorously assailed by some ed- itors as " un - American . " It is pointed out that there must be now over 35,000 adult white men in Alaska , and that their resources , training and experience fit them for terri ...
... position has been vigorously assailed by some ed- itors as " un - American . " It is pointed out that there must be now over 35,000 adult white men in Alaska , and that their resources , training and experience fit them for terri ...
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... positions of the powers . Taxation is heavy and unpopular even now , and budget - making is growing in difficulty . Immense sums are needed for press- ing social reforms , and where , with militarism rampant , are they to be obtained ...
... positions of the powers . Taxation is heavy and unpopular even now , and budget - making is growing in difficulty . Immense sums are needed for press- ing social reforms , and where , with militarism rampant , are they to be obtained ...
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... positions , and Spain proceeded to punish them , with the consent of Mo- rocco and the powers . It proved no easy matter to subdue them ; the war grew more and more extensive and sanguin- ary . It meant heavy expenditure of life and ...
... positions , and Spain proceeded to punish them , with the consent of Mo- rocco and the powers . It proved no easy matter to subdue them ; the war grew more and more extensive and sanguin- ary . It meant heavy expenditure of life and ...
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... great enthusiasm . The wasteful war in Morocco must be " wound up " somehow , but the " national honor " cannot be wounded . The new minister of war has indicated that he will fortify the Spanish position and re- Highways and Byways 17.
... great enthusiasm . The wasteful war in Morocco must be " wound up " somehow , but the " national honor " cannot be wounded . The new minister of war has indicated that he will fortify the Spanish position and re- Highways and Byways 17.
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... position and re- main on the defensive ; in other words , that there will be no penetration of the interior and no punitive expeditions against Riffians . At home the first condition of order and progress is encouragement of education ...
... position and re- main on the defensive ; in other words , that there will be no penetration of the interior and no punitive expeditions against Riffians . At home the first condition of order and progress is encouragement of education ...
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