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... increasingly able to afford devastating wars was surprisingly peaceful . Alas , once those peaceful cultural influences ... increasing techni- cal ingenuity . Hence came the devasting and bitter wars of the twentieth century . Such , in ...
... increasingly able to afford devastating wars was surprisingly peaceful . Alas , once those peaceful cultural influences ... increasing techni- cal ingenuity . Hence came the devasting and bitter wars of the twentieth century . Such , in ...
Page 55
... increasing importance in business or government be- comes increasingly isolated and lonely ; he is surrounded by an aura of his own importance , sagacity and omnipotence which is reflected by those about him . Paradoxically enough , as ...
... increasing importance in business or government be- comes increasingly isolated and lonely ; he is surrounded by an aura of his own importance , sagacity and omnipotence which is reflected by those about him . Paradoxically enough , as ...
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... increased from about two in a Brown Bess to 700 in a Maxim machine - gun , and as accuracy had improved , the cavalry was running a lethal gauntlet . During the Boer War the British cavalry sensibly discarded the sword and the lance ...
... increased from about two in a Brown Bess to 700 in a Maxim machine - gun , and as accuracy had improved , the cavalry was running a lethal gauntlet . During the Boer War the British cavalry sensibly discarded the sword and the lance ...
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