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Page 34
... means to stem a tide of unforeseen sweep and power . However costly Mr. Lloyd George's hesitation may have been there can be no gainsaying his contribution from the very moment the war began . In his greater achievements later on it is ...
... means to stem a tide of unforeseen sweep and power . However costly Mr. Lloyd George's hesitation may have been there can be no gainsaying his contribution from the very moment the war began . In his greater achievements later on it is ...
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... and extracts are here reproduced by its permission . Indefinite references as to time - the pres- ent moment , " etc. - means 1924 . THEODORE ROOSEVELT 1858-1919 GREAT AMERICAN QUALITIES 1 THEODORE ROOSEVELT GREAT FLEXIBLE STATECRAFT 63.
... and extracts are here reproduced by its permission . Indefinite references as to time - the pres- ent moment , " etc. - means 1924 . THEODORE ROOSEVELT 1858-1919 GREAT AMERICAN QUALITIES 1 THEODORE ROOSEVELT GREAT FLEXIBLE STATECRAFT 63.
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... His offer was refused . Mean- while his demand for national preparedness began to stir the country to a sense of the gravity of its position . Domestic issues faded into the background ; the questions which 92 THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
... His offer was refused . Mean- while his demand for national preparedness began to stir the country to a sense of the gravity of its position . Domestic issues faded into the background ; the questions which 92 THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Page 103
... means " fire . ' In the South of France the name of the Generalissimo rhymes with the German word for " hurrah , " namely , " Hoch . " The dialect of Gascony 77 makes Foch sound like a German name , but the MILITARY ART 103.
... means " fire . ' In the South of France the name of the Generalissimo rhymes with the German word for " hurrah , " namely , " Hoch . " The dialect of Gascony 77 makes Foch sound like a German name , but the MILITARY ART 103.
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... mean- ing . The roads , winding like white ribbons across the country , resounded with the tramp of soldiers . Every coppice gleamed with guns ; the terrain of the great campaigns shivered with the voice of war . In 1905 he was abruptly ...
... mean- ing . The roads , winding like white ribbons across the country , resounded with the tramp of soldiers . Every coppice gleamed with guns ; the terrain of the great campaigns shivered with the voice of war . In 1905 he was abruptly ...
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