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... American tourists to Europe . Of course , this inter - war trickle of American tourists to Europe , though small and unproductive compared to the mighty river of emigrants which had formerly flowed from Europe to America , was very ...
... American tourists to Europe . Of course , this inter - war trickle of American tourists to Europe , though small and unproductive compared to the mighty river of emigrants which had formerly flowed from Europe to America , was very ...
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... American minds , a sudden concern about the future of the British Empire . This concern , like most human feelings on most occasions , is , I should say , partly self - regarding and partly disinterested . The self - regarding ...
... American minds , a sudden concern about the future of the British Empire . This concern , like most human feelings on most occasions , is , I should say , partly self - regarding and partly disinterested . The self - regarding ...
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... American side of the line ; and to appreciate the utterly un - American problems of this miserable flock would demand an almost super- humanly imaginative and benevolent sympathy on the part of their American shepherds . Here , for the ...
... American side of the line ; and to appreciate the utterly un - American problems of this miserable flock would demand an almost super- humanly imaginative and benevolent sympathy on the part of their American shepherds . Here , for the ...
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CIVILIZATION ON TRIAL Acknowledgments | 9 |
Preface | 11 |
My View of History | 15 |
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