Beacon Lights of History: New hall of fame. Premier personalitiesWm. H. Wise, 1924 |
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... France's ship of state ; Italy had eight Prime Ministers ; the United States for the first time assumed its place as a world power and an American protago- nist in the world drama , Woodrow Wilson , loomed and faded . How many other ...
... France's ship of state ; Italy had eight Prime Ministers ; the United States for the first time assumed its place as a world power and an American protago- nist in the world drama , Woodrow Wilson , loomed and faded . How many other ...
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... France or who for Germany , who for any other of the world's na- tions , his was the voice that spoke for Britain at coun- eil table and in conference , over the green baize of diplomacy or the red field of battle , in the peaceful ...
... France or who for Germany , who for any other of the world's na- tions , his was the voice that spoke for Britain at coun- eil table and in conference , over the green baize of diplomacy or the red field of battle , in the peaceful ...
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... France . awaiting repair . " However Lloyd George , Mr. As- quith or Lord Grey may have hesitated , Mr. Churchill has revealed that the British fleet was ready and at sea ; others have shown how completely plans for the British ...
... France . awaiting repair . " However Lloyd George , Mr. As- quith or Lord Grey may have hesitated , Mr. Churchill has revealed that the British fleet was ready and at sea ; others have shown how completely plans for the British ...
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... France . But not in England . Lloyd George had stripped the problem to this essential - he had sensed the basic fact that the war must be won on national nerve . He proceeded to function as that nerve . He pro- ceeded to the development ...
... France . But not in England . Lloyd George had stripped the problem to this essential - he had sensed the basic fact that the war must be won on national nerve . He proceeded to function as that nerve . He pro- ceeded to the development ...
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... France and these lies came back to plague him when the world settled back to the petty ' scale of peace . He lied statistically on the submarine situation and America today has a thousand ships rotting on her rivers . They accused him ...
... France and these lies came back to plague him when the world settled back to the petty ' scale of peace . He lied statistically on the submarine situation and America today has a thousand ships rotting on her rivers . They accused him ...
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