The Reckoning: A Discussion of the Moral Aspects of the Peace Problem, and of Retributive Justice as an Indispensable ElementG. P. Putnam's sons, 1918 - 225 страница |
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... which America has in the struggle . It takes little in- terest in the problems of European politics , or the question of its balance of power . Its concern is chiefly with the great criminal , and to it the Foreword XV.
... which America has in the struggle . It takes little in- terest in the problems of European politics , or the question of its balance of power . Its concern is chiefly with the great criminal , and to it the Foreword XV.
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... question until the terrible exigency suddenly confronted them . It did not arise from utilitarian considerations , for it is probable that the lives of the male passengers were at least as valu- able to human society as those of the ...
... question until the terrible exigency suddenly confronted them . It did not arise from utilitarian considerations , for it is probable that the lives of the male passengers were at least as valu- able to human society as those of the ...
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... questions , then this war , no matter what the result , will have been fought to some extent in vain . The chief of these demands is retributive justice , and unless that ideal can be constantly borne in mind to the very end , the cause ...
... questions , then this war , no matter what the result , will have been fought to some extent in vain . The chief of these demands is retributive justice , and unless that ideal can be constantly borne in mind to the very end , the cause ...
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... questions as to the freedom of the seas or political questions as to the right of self - determina- tion . To him the simple object of the war is to defeat and dethrone the Kaiser . This does not arise from his abhorrence of an ...
... questions as to the freedom of the seas or political questions as to the right of self - determina- tion . To him the simple object of the war is to defeat and dethrone the Kaiser . This does not arise from his abhorrence of an ...
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... question of the possibility and prox- imity of war . There are in the country forces making for peace , but they are unorganized and have no popular leaders . They consider that war would be a social misfortune for Germany , and that ...
... question of the possibility and prox- imity of war . There are in the country forces making for peace , but they are unorganized and have no popular leaders . They consider that war would be a social misfortune for Germany , and that ...
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accepted allied nations America analogy army assumed Austria battle Belgium Bismarck brave Britain century CHAPTER character civilization Congress Constitution covenant declaration defeat democratic destroyed diplomatic discussion Doctor Francke economic Emperor England Europe European expression final force fourteen propositions France Frederick the Base freedom French G. P. Putnam's Sons German Empire Germany Germany's greatest Hamlet higher law Hohenzollern dynasty house of Hohenzollern human ideal Imperial Government infinite influence Kaiser king league of nations liberal mankind ment military millions moral Napoleon nature negotiations neutral never noble nobler opinion party peace conference peace table phrase play political potent present President Wilson primal Prince Prussia Prussian Empire question reason reckoning recognized Reichstag representatives Republic retributive justice sacrifice seas Senate Serbia Shakespeare Silesia Socialistic soldiers spirit statesmen struggle suggested supreme terms of peace territory thought throne tion United victory vote wise Wittenberg words world tragedy
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Страница 151 - Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake.
Страница 137 - Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive Against thy mother aught : leave her to heaven, And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge, To prick and sting her.
Страница 210 - The Turkish portions of the present Ottoman Empire should be assured a secure sovereignty, but the other nationalities which are now under Turkish rule should be assured an undoubted security of life and an absolutely unmolested opportunity of autonomous development...
Страница 159 - We go to gain a little patch of ground That hath in it no profit but the name. To pay five ducats, five, I would not farm it; Nor will it yield to Norway or the Pole A ranker rate, should it be sold in fee.
Страница 196 - Absolute freedom of navigation upon the seas, outside territorial waters, alike in peace and in war, except as the seas may be closed in whole or in part by international action for the enforcement of International covenants.
Страница 201 - The removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all the nations consenting to the peace and associating themselves for its maintenance.
Страница 1 - Though the mills of God grind slowly, yet they grind exceeding small; Though with patience he stands waiting, with exactness grinds he all.
Страница 203 - A free, open-minded, and absolutely impartial adjustment of all colonial claims, based upon a strict observance of the principle that in determining all such questions of sovereignty the interests of the populations concerned must have equal weight with the equitable claims of the Government whose title is to be determined.
Страница 12 - It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes : 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest ; it becomes The throned monarch better than his crown. His sceptre shows the force of temporal power, The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings ; But mercy is above this sceptred sway : It is enthroned in the hearts of kings, It is an attribute to God himself, And earthly power doth then show likest God's, When mercy seasons justice.
Страница 151 - Examples, gross as earth, exhort me : "Witness, this army of such mass, and charge, Led by a delicate and tender prince ; Whose spirit with divine ambition pufTd, Makes mouths at the invisible event ; Exposing what is mortal, and unsure, To all that fortune, death, and danger, dare, Even for an egg-shell.